Sunday, February 25, 2007

Gnocchi


In an attemp to cure stomach cramps that I swear are out to kill me, Imade some gnocchi.

It seemed to do the trick however, gnocchi is best made with the one you love.

But it's Sunday night and the only date I have is with the stack of homework that seems to have grown over the weekend so gnocchi alone must suffce.


Note: Itailicezed because I mock alone. In actuality I'm not alone but rather in my sister's presence as she plays Moby's latest song over and over and over on myspace. Well her space.



The preparation of gnocchi is really very simple. You don't even need a recipe ,just flour and potatoes or yams or sweet potatoes. Tonight was the first time I ever did it with yams which were fine but I still think that I like potatoes better.



To prepare the dough you can really cook the potatoes any way you like.

Boil them. Cook them in the oven. Roast them over a campfire. Bake them with a recycled cardboard box. Steam them.

Just make sure they're soft.... or your trek to gnocchi may become a difficult one.

Smash the potatoes and start combining with flour. For about six small potatoes or two medium to large yams, I would recommend about 2 cups. But add the flour in parts just until you have a doughy glob that you can roll- just like when you made snakes with playdo as a child (or still do).
Then cut into inch sized pieces.
The next step is ridge making.
(Ridges help sauce stick to the pasta)

You can invest in a gnocchi ridege maker or the fork.

Press rideges gently into gnocchi.




Then drop the gnocchi into salted boiling water. When they're done they'll rise to the top. (About 2 or 3 minutes)


Remove from water with a slotted spoon and enjoy!


A Few Gnocchi tips-
  • Don't let the name scare you. Its really quite delicious to say and eat
  • Salt the water well and make sure it's boiling like crazy before you drop in the gnocchi
  • A ridge maker is absolutely necessary, well not really but it's more fun

  • Gnocchi is way better than boxed pasta

  • Just a little pepper on top will do or go for some pesto or marinara or roasted red pepper sauce

1 comment:

hotairballoonfantasy said...

i always forget the recipes you teach me...so now that i have look at your blog...i'm going to set it as my homepage or something>.>