Grandma V’s Gnocchi Recipe
Tried it? Rate this Recipe:
|
Category: |
Category: |
|
Ingredients: |
Ingredients: INGREDIENTS:
5-6 potatoes
2 or 3 eggs
Salt
Olive oil
Sauce
Meatballs, sausage or pancetta (optional)
|
|
Directions: |
Directions:DIRECTIONS:
1. Start with cooked potatoes (leftover mashed potatoes work great)
2. Add 1 egg per 1-2 potatoes. For four people use 5 to 6 potatoes and 2 to 3 eggs
3. Add pinch of salt, and dab of olive oil if desired, but not necessary. You’re better off with plain gnocchi and add spices to the sauce
4. Add flour until dough is not too dry and not too wet.
5. Dough should not be flaky or crumbly (too dry). Dough is not too wet if a finger comes out clean
6. Roll dough into small loaf about 3 to 4 inches tall
7. Cut slices of dough and flour ends
8. Roll dough by hand into long tubes about 1/2 inch in diameter
9. Cut into 1/2 inch pieces
10. Do this with all the dough
11. Cook in boiling water with a little salt added if desired
12. Fresh dough does not need to cook as long as dry pasta
13. Take a piece out and cut in half to see if cooked through
14. Should take about four minutes to cook
15. Gnocchi can be frozen or kept moist in fridge
16. Use wax paper or cellophane between layers
17. Great with almost any sauce
18. Add cheese to taste and meatballs if desired
19. Great with sausage or pancetta |
|
Personal
Notes: |
Personal
Notes: My grandmother used to make either gnocchi or ravioli for Easter. We always into their house through East Detroit (now eastpointe) through the kitchen, and you could smell sauce and Raw dough.
Her kitchen table was covered with gnocchis. My dad made them from time to time, they they weren’t his favorite. I usually make gnocchi when I have leftover mashed potatoes. 1 Cup of mashed potatoes easily fed my family.
I find this tends to be too rich with olive oil or Alfredo sauce, but is great with tomato or pesto sauce.
|
|
Learn more about the process to create a cookbook -- or
Start
your own personal family cookbook right now! Here's to good eating!
Search for more great recipes here from
over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!
This recipe for Grandma V’s Gnocchi is from