gnocchi

Medina, OH
Updated on Sep 1, 2010

This is a great recipe for a main dish or a side dish. Always make enough to put a batch in the freezer! This is another of one of the dishes my best friend and I make and put in the freezer.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup instant potato buds
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 - egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups of flour

How To Make gnocchi

  • Step 1
    Mix your potato buds with the boiling water. Let cool completely.
  • Step 2
    Mix in your beaten egg and salt and pepper.
  • Step 3
    Encorporate your flour until you get a nice dough. Should not be tacky.
  • Step 4
    Make a flat disk, and slice into even strips.
  • Step 5
    Roll your strips into long logs about finger size around.
  • Step 6
    On a baking sheet put a generous amount of flour, then you want to cut the gnocchi about 1 inch wide. placing the cut gnocchi in the floured tray.
  • Step 7
    At this step you will either freeze immediately or put into boiling water immediately. I do about 1/2 at a time. Then when they float. Remove them from the water and saute them in butter.
  • Step 8
    You can also serve them with marinara sauce, or with sauteed onions, garlic and butter. Sprinkle with parmasean cheese. Enjoy!
  • Step 9
    NOTE: Please don't salt the water. Your Gnocchi will be salty if you do.

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Category: Pasta
Category: Potatoes
Culture: Italian

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