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Gnocchi
If
you don't know, these are funny little mashed potato
like things from Italy. My favourite way of eating them
is below.
You
need - for 2 as a main course
500g freshly boiled potatoes
175g plain flour
1 beaten egg
salt and pepper
butter
parmesan grated
Drain
and mash potatoes adding salt and pepper, butter, and
parmesan to taste. Fold in the flour and egg, mix to a
dough and turn out onto a floured surface.
Now either form into little balls around 2cm in
diameter, or roll out into a long cylinder and cut into
little sausages (to be honest you can form into any
shape you like as long as its not too big, kids love
these in novelty shapes, or letters).
Cook by dropping a few at a time into gently boiling
salted water, they float when they're done so you cant
really 'lunch' the cooking process.
I
like them with a simple pesto,
for which you need:
3 good handfuls of fresh basil
pine nuts
salt
parmesan grated
olive oil
Throw all of the first 4 ingredients into either a
pestle and mortar or blender, turn to a paste and loosen
with olive oil. Its that easy. Its also great with
pasta.
Also available in
Purple!
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