On our recent Nourish Taste of South Australia Tour we spent a wonderful day with Matteo and Fiona at Cassa Carboni where we learnt to make (among other things) this super light and fluffy gnocchi. With a little practice and some few tips everyone can have delicious light pillows of gnocchi. And the game changer is freezing them so you always have some on hand.
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Vicki
500g Potato
100g Flour (it depends on the potatoes, don’t go over 20% of the mashed potatoes)
1 egg
Nutmeg, ground to taste (optional)
Salt to taste (optional)
Wash the potatoes and place them in a pot with cold water.
Bring to the boil and cook until tender; peel the potatoes while hot and mash them. Or for best results put them through a ricer.
Mix in the other ingredients; move the dough on a bench and keep kneading.
Shape it as a rectangle, 2 cm thick; cut stripes 2 cm wide and gently roll them, dusting with extra flour to avoid them sticking together.
Cut the gnocchi 1 cm thick pieces, dust generously with more flour and gently toss them using a spatula (not your hands, they will give a funny shape or even spoil the gnocchi).
Using a sieve remove all excess flour. At this stage you can lay gnocchi in a single layer and freeze. Otherwise cook immediately.
Cook the gnocchi in plenty of boiling and salted water; serve them with your favorite sauce.
TIPS:
Cook frozen gnocchi as you would fresh.
You can also blanch the gnocchi in salted boiling water; when they rise, strain them and cool them down in iced water. Drizzle some oil and refrigerate. This way they can last a 2 to 3 days.
