Roasted salmon with gnocchi, vegetables, and fresh spinach pesto made in an air fryer. Healthy, complete meal ready in 15 minutes.
For this recipe, you'll need a small ½ litre heatproof pudding bowl and Sunbeam Multi Zone Steam Air Fryer.
You will need:
- 2 salmon fillets approx 150-200g
- 250g gnocchi
- 100g broccoli florets, trimmed
- 80g whole green beans, topped and tailed
- 80g cherry tomatoes
- 1 ½ tbsp olive oil
- Pinch chilli flakes
- Ground black pepper
- 50g baby spinach leaves
For the pesto
- 50g spinach leaves
- 35g Parmesan cheese, roughly chopped
- 1 garlic clove
- 30g fresh parsley, leaves only1 lemon, zest and juice
- 4 tbsp olive oi
Let's make it:
Step 1:
Place the gnocchi, broccoli, green beans and tomatoes into a mixing bowl, drizzle with the olive oil. Add a pinch of chilli flakes and some ground black pepper. Give everything a good mix.
Step 2:
Remove the divider from your Multi Zone Steam Air Fryer.
Step 3:
Place both salmon fillets onto 1 side of the large black roasting tray, tip the gnocchi and vegetables onto the other side and spread out to fit.
Step 4:
Place the tray into the air fryer in the bottom rung position check and cook on Roast at 180°C for 15 mins. Turn the vegetables over halfway through cooking.
Step 5:
Place all the ingredients for the pesto, into a small food processor or chopper and blitz until smooth.
Step 6:
Once the cook time has elapsed wilt the 50g of spinach slightly in a microwave.
Step 7:
Spoon the hot cooked vegetables and wilted spinach into a mixing bowl, add a couple of tbsp of the pesto and gently combine.
Step 8:
To serve – Spoon the vegetables into 2 warmed pasta bowls or plates, add a cooked salmon fillet to each, serve alongside a bowl of the extra pesto for drizzling.
