About two weeks ago I made gnocchi for the first time in my life. Today I thought I would improve on my first performance and make some to put in the freezer.
The ingredients couldn't be simpler
Potatoes (desiree)
Plain flour
Salt
1 egg
Today I used about 8 potatoes. Boil them until they are cooked through (I peel them before boiling, and add the salt to the water). Strain and then put them through a potato press. While the potatoes are still warm add the egg and integrate to the potatoes (use your hand). Then slowly add plain flour by the hand full until the mixture forms a dough that you can start to manipulate and its not too sticky. Be careful not to add too much flour. The softer the dough the lighter the gnocchi.
Break off small chunks of the dough and roll into long logs/strips, and cut into short pieces (about 2 or 3 cms long). Repeating until the dough is finished. Then each piece of dough has to be pressed/rolled into gnocchi board (use a fork if you don't have one). This bit takes a bit of practice.
Enjoy!
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