Pork Sausage & Broccoli Gnocchi
with Creamy Lemon Sauce
- Milk
Pork sausage and broccoli are a classic pasta pairing. You heard it here first, folks: our chefs have officially raised the noodle stakes by swapping out the usual ear-shaped orecchiette for pillowy potato gnocchi. Talk about a tasty upgrade! The newly-debuted pair is tossed in a creamy, lemon-spiked sauce and topped with nutty Parmesan cheese and a pinch of chili flakes. Yep, pasta night just got a whole lot more awesome.
Ingredients
¼ cup
Parmesan Cheese
2 tablespoon
Sour Cream
8 ounce
Broccoli
2 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Lemon
9 ounce
Italian Pork Sausage
1 unit
Chili Pepper
1 unit
Gnocchi
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
2 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. (Use a large pot for 4 servings.) Wash and dry all produce. • Cut broccoli florets into bite-size pieces if necessary. Zest and quarter lemon. (For 4, zest one lemon and quarter both.) Thinly slice chili.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add broccoli and 2 tsp water. Cover and steam for 3 minutes. • Uncover pan and increase heat to medium high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until broccoli is browned and tender, 3-6 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. • Remove from pan and set aside.
• Once water is boiling, add gnocchi to pot. Cook until tender, 3-4 minutes. • Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water (1½ cups for 4 servings), then drain.
• Meanwhile, remove sausage* from casing; discard casing. • Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for broccoli over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. • Turn off heat and transfer sausage to a plate. TIP: If there’s excess grease in your pan, carefully pour it out.
• Return same pan to medium heat. Add ½ cup reserved pasta cooking water (¾ cup for 4 servings), stock concentrate, and cream cheese. • Bring to a simmer, whisking, until combined and creamy, 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir cooked sausage, drained gnocchi, broccoli, sour cream, half the Parmesan, and 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) into pan with sauce. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to taste and as much lemon zest as you like. Season with salt and pepper. • If needed, stir in more reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time until gnocchi is coated in a creamy sauce. • Divide between bowls and top with remaining Parmesan. Serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side. If you like things spicy, garnish with chili to taste.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the creamy lemon sauce with spicy sausage, though some found it too lemony or salty 🍋
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make, though a few found decasing the sausage time-consuming
- Suggestions: Consider pan-frying the gnocchi for texture; adjust lemon and salt to taste
- Portions: Some wanted more gnocchi or sauce; others found it filling and had plenty for leftovers
- Texture: Several noted the gnocchi was gummy or chewy; some preferred regular pasta instead
Reviews from our home cooks
Yum yum yum!!! Best recipe we've had yet. I recommend adding in a step to saute/fry the boiled gnocchi in the sausage grease as it gives it a bit of a crunch.
This has been one of my all time favorites! The spice of the sausage tastes perfect with the creamy sauce and lemon.
The combination of textures (browned ground sausage, al dente broccoli and pillowy soft gnocchi) was awesome.
A delicious pasta with a slight kick from the spicy pork sausage and pepper flakes.
Meh. I think the pork with lemon cream just didn't really work for me. Maybe it would be better with chicken and or a pasta vs. gnocchi. Seems like maybe just a pan sauce/beef based with mushrooms or some kind of light bolognese or even simple sage/butter would work better.
This recipe is delicious. I'm more used to eating gnocchi with a marinara and I really enjoyed the white sauce.
One of my kids loved the gnocchi, another one loved the sausage, none of them liked the broccoli. :) Haha! That's okay because Mommy liked all the broccoli. Overall, great flavors and between us, all of it was gobbled up!
The sausage was so flavorful and played well with the lemony-cream sauce! Will get this one again when it becomes available.
Very tasty, great quality....but would not cook gnocchi so early in the recipe, all stuck together...was able to salvage by rinsing it again.
Good Evening, I am now ready to make my pork sausage and broccoli and the sausage is missing. very disappointed
