Potato Gnocchi

Name: Potato Gnocchi
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4 portions
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 kg · 2¼ lb floury potatoes; 250 g · 2 cups flour 00; 50 g · 1 egg egg, optional; 8 g · 1½ tsp salt; 80 g · 6 tbsp butter and sage or tomato sauce, to serve; 40 g · ¼ cup Parmigiano Reggiano, to serve

🍽 Serves 4⏱ Prep 40 min🔥 Cook 45 min🌍 Italian

Light, fluffy potato gnocchi made with baked floury potatoes and very little flour.

📍 Italy

The story of the dish

Potato gnocchi spread through northern Italy after potatoes arrived from the Americas; in Rome the tradition is 'giovedì gnocchi', gnocchi on Thursday.

The name: Gnocchi probably comes from nocchio, a knot in wood, or nocca, knuckle.

Ingredients

Ingredient	EUg · ml	UScups · spoons
floury potatoes	≈ 1 kg	≈ 2¼ lb
flour 00	≈ 250 g	≈ 2 cups
egg optional	≈ 50 g	≈ 1 egg
salt	≈ 8 g	≈ 1½ tsp
butter and sage or tomato sauce to serve	≈ 80 g	≈ 6 tbsp
Parmigiano Reggiano to serve	≈ 40 g	≈ ¼ cup

≈ amount suggested from similar recipes

Tools & equipment

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Also used: potato ricer · slotted spoon

Method

Bake or boil the potatoes in their skins until tender, peel while hot and rice them.
Let the steam out, then add salt, egg and most of the flour.
Knead just until a soft dough forms, adding flour only if sticky.
Roll into ropes, cut into pieces and roll on a fork or gnocchi board.
Cook in boiling salted water and lift out as soon as they float.
Toss in butter and sage or tomato sauce and serve with Parmigiano.

👨‍🍳 Chef’s tips

Rice the potatoes hot and use as little flour as possible for light gnocchi.

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Nutrition per portion estimate · 1 of 4

520kcal

14 gprotein

88 gcarbs

12 gfat

Allergens

GlutenEggsMilk

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