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    Basic Potato Gnocchi


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    About.com

    List of Ingredients




    2 1/4 # mealy Potatoes, peeled
    1 3/4 C Flour
    A pinch of Salt





    Recipe



    In making gnocchi you should steam the potatoes rather than boil them. If you do not have a steamer, put the potatoes in a metal colander, set the colander in a spaghetti pot, fill the pot with water to just below the colander, and set the pot, covered, to boil. The potatoes will be done in 30-45 minutes, when a skewer penetrates but they are still firm. Mash them while they’re still hot (a potato ricer works very well here). Slowly knead the flour and the salt into the potato mixture, so as to have a fairly firm dough. Roll the dough out into snakes about as thick as your finger, cut the snakes into one-inch pieces, and gently score the pieces crosswise with a fork.
    Cook the gnocchi in abundant salted boiling water, removing them with a slotted spoon a minute or two after they rise to the surface. Drain them well and serve them with a plain tomato sauce.
    The quantities above will make gnocchi sufficient for four as a main course, or 6-8 as a first course in an Italian meal.

 

 

 


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