Gnocchi Recipe

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Gnocchi

Gnocchi. There is nothing like homemade gnocchi. They taste like potatoes with a bouncy texture, even without gluten. This gluten-free version uses a trick from the past when Italian cooks would toss potatoes into a fire or oven that was being cooled down so as not to waste the heat.

Ingredients

Prepare 1.5 kg of dry mash (Baked 2.5kg Maris Piper)
Prepare 250 g of Flour 00
It’s 2 of eggs beaten
It’s 25 g of Maldon salt
Prepare 65 g of Parmesan

Steps

Scoop the potato out of the skin and mash. (If you're lucky enough to have a potato ricer then use this.) Speed is important at this stage so make sure you have you other ingredients already prepared. While the potato mash is still steaming, mix it with the grated Parmesan and combine the flour and beaten eggs to it. Work the mixture into a dough with your hands. The dough must be homogeneous and smooth..
Divide the dough, I will recommend to divide it into 20 even sized blocks. Flour your worktop and take a block of gnocchi and start rolling it into a sausage shape with your fingers. Keep doing the same with remaining blocks of dough. Everything must be the same, size, diameter and shape. With a sharp knife cut the dough in to 'pillows' about 1cm long. Below, the pictures are showing you step by step what it should look like..
Get ready with a pan of boiling salty water. Boil the gnocchi in batches of approximately 50 pieces. You will know they are cooked when they pop up to the surface (or about 1 minute). Drain the gnocchi then pour into a tray with olive oil and roll them in. They must be glazed with the olive oil as it will prevent them sticking all together. A soft and smooth little pillow is ready to be enjoyed..
Many options are available to finish the gnocchi. You can eat them plain or with some grated Parmesan on top or with some sun-dried tomatoes and black olive or with a cream sauce and finish with truffle. You can store the gnocchi for a couple of days in the fridge and then reheat when needed in a pan of boiling water. Have fun!.

To freeze uncooked gnocchi: Spread the gnocchi out, so they aren't touching each other, on the well floured, parchment paper lined, baking sheet. Eating gnocchi is like taking a bite out of a little cloud. Gnocchi (plural) are Italian dumplings that are made with potatoes and flour, then boiled like pasta until they're fluffy pillows of goodness. A simple sauce of butter, fresh sage leaves, and Parmesan is a classic accompaniment to gnocchi, which couldn't be easier to make. The Best Gnocchi Recipes on Yummly

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