About three years ago if you had asked me to cook you something I would have thrown piece of chicken in the oven with some salt and pepper and olive oil and baked it. I hated cooking and wasn't very good at it. After I got married I started experimenting with cooking by following simple recipes, I started to enjoy watching my husband's face light up and gauged a recipe by how many MMMMM's I got from my husband. It just began to evolve from there........

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Simple Potato Gnocchi

So for my sister's birthday I wanted to make her something that her and her husband hadn't done before, well that I know of. I pre made the gnocchi ahead of time and froze it until i was ready for it. i got this recipe from my Martha Stewart Magazine... lots of work but very tasty!


Ingredients                                          

Serves 8
  • 2 1/2 pounds russet potatoes (about 5 small)
  • Coarse salt
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten

Directions


  1. In a large pot, bring potatoes to a boil in salted water; reduce to a rapid simmer and cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife, 35 to 40 minutes. Lightly dust two parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets with flour; set aside. Drain potatoes and peel while still hot with a paring knife (use a thick, dry kitchen towel or pot holder to hold them). Immediately pass potatoes through a ricer onto a work surface. Let cool completely.
  2. Sprinkle potatoes with flour and 2 teaspoons salt, then top with egg. With your hands, work flour and egg into a dough.
  3. Knead dough until smooth but not elastic, dusting with flour if it becomes too sticky, 4 minutes. Do not overwork dough.
  4. Divide dough into 8 portions. Roll each portion into a rope (1/2 inch thick and 24 inches long). Cut each rope into 1/2-inch pieces.
  5. Gently roll each dough piece against the back tines of a fork to make ridges, then arrange in a single layer on prepared baking sheets.
  6. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. In batches, add a few handfuls gnocchi and cook until most have floated to top, 2 minutes. With a wire-mesh spider or a slotted spoon, transfer gnocchi immediately to a sauce.

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