This is the gnocchi recipe I have been using. My husband loves it cooked in some homemade chicken broth with fresh thyme. If you have a recipe for gnocchi I would love to try it. I always make roasted garlic mashed potatoes so the gnocchi has even more flavor.
Gnocchi Recipe
2 cups mashed potatoes (cold)
1-1 1/2 cup flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion salt
In large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix into a soft dough.
Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead 20 times.
Divide dough into fourths and roll each quarter into a 12 inch long rope.
Cut each rope into ½ inch pieces, and set on a floured surface.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
Roll each piece of dough across the tines of a fork to get groves on it and drop it into the pot of water.
Cook gnocchi until it floats to the top.
Drain and serve.
Posted By: Mama Mangia
May 3 # 17 of 56
Once again - mine is different - but everyone who eats them always ask for more! Extremely easy! Made for decades in my family this way -
boil potatoes until tender while still in skins; skin while hot and mash - yes we work with hot potatoes (be careful not to overcook the potatoes because they will absorb too much water requiring more flour than needed - those are the real tummy fillers - cripe they sink in your tummy and you feel 30 lbs heavier!)
add salt to taste (depending on the size of the batch you are making)
add enough flour to make a soft supple dough and knead
you can pass your taters through a rice mill if you want - I don't - mashed is fine
divide into portions - roll into 3/4-inch thick ropes; cut and finger roll (I can't be bothered with the fork thing - take too much time - press and roll with the thumb in a split second - especially when making hundreds and hundreds at a time!)
cook in salted, boiling water - here's the routine - boil the water, add the salt, wait for the water to boil again, add pasta and cook
although it is said that they are done when they float - don't believe them - flour is a raw product - cook until DONE!
drain
top with sauce of choice
if no time to boil taters - use ricotta cheese - I prefer homemade because there is no flavor that can compare to it
just substitute your ricotta cheese for the potatoes
much lighter - you can eat more cheese ones than tater ones before filling up - LOL
Posted By: jglass
May 3 # 18 of 56
Thanks! I bought two containers of ricotta at the store the other day.
I will def try this.
Posted By: jglass
May 3 # 19 of 56
Mama I just made some ricotta cheese gnocchi following your advice. You could tell they were lighter that the potato ones. Im boing some water with salt and heating some of your marinara. We are going to eat very well.
Thanks so much.
If you lived closer I would probably bug you to death.
You cook the kind of food my husband and I love.
Posted By: jglass
May 3 # 20 of 56
My 87 year old neighbor, my husband and myself all agree that your ricotta gnocchi and your marinara sauce is one delish meal. It was so good I took my neighbor a plate lol.
I sprinkled the top with a little fresh parm cheese.
My husband ..Mr. hardly ever gives anything a 10 gave your recipes a 10+.