Review of Brown Butter Gnocchi by Blue Apron

Brown Butter Gnocchi with Summer Squash, Almonds & Soft-Boiled Eggs

This. Dish. Is. Fantastic.

This dish is a cup of warm apple cider, sitting by a crackling fire, and the smell of newborn baby wrapped up in a soft, fresh from the dryer-warmed blanket.

Not literally but, this dish is a real comfort food dish (the above listed are some of my favorite comfort items FYI).

As for my personal list of comfort foods this dish ranks right up there with mashed potatoes, macaroni n' cheese, apple pie, and vanilla milkshakes.

Review:

I love that with minimal effort we were able to create a restaurant quality dish.

The final product was filling yet, did not feel heavy after being eaten.  Craig and I have never had a pasta dish with a soft boiled egg on top but, it really added to the savory flavor of the dish.  We both really enjoyed the nutty flavoring paired with the bite of lemon.  It was that beautiful mix of tart & savory which is not found in too many of the dinners we tend to eat.

Despite the minimal effort, this dish was a pleasure to make.  I loved the nutty fragrance that permeated my kitchen as I added the chopped almonds to the brown butter and summer squash.

Again, the produce and "knick knacks" (i.e- eggs, creme friache, almonds, etc...) as previously mentioned in my last post were very fresh and came un-damaged.

Our only critique is the recipe calls for WAY more salt than we are used to consuming (I have noticed all of the meals that we have made thus far from both Marley Spoon & Blue Apron all call for too much salt).

When we were making our meal we simply omitted the salt when boiling our gnocchi and the additional salt we were instructed to use after adding the almonds to the cooking squash & brown butter.

We will definitely be making this dish again in the future.