Recipe: Potato Gnocchi

Name: Gnocchi de Pomme de terre
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 portions
Ingredients: 1 kilo de pommes de terre farineuses(Bintje par exemple); 3 jaunes d'oeuf fermiers; 300 g environ de farine type 45; 50 g de Parmesan fraîchement râpé; un trait d'huile d'olives; une noisette de beurre 1/sel en pommade; sel, poivre et râpure de muscade

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Prep 30 min

Cook 20 min

Total 50 min

Servings 6 serv.

Potato Gnocchi are a traditional Italian dish made of grated potatoes, flour and eggs. This dish is often served with tomato sauce or cream sauce, accompanied by grated Parmesan. Potato Gnocchi are also often served with vegetables such as spinach or zucchini. The preparation of this dish requires great skill and patience, as the potatoes must be finely grated and the ingredients must be

Ingredients for 6 servings

1 kilogram of starchy potatoes (Bintje for example)
3 egg yolks from free-range eggs
300 g approximately of type 45 flour
50 g of freshly grated Parmesan
a dash of olive oil
a knob of butter 1/salt in spread form
salt, pepper and nutmeg zest

Step-by-step directions

1 Cook the potatoes in a steamer basket, then using your medium grater mill reduce to a puree in a large salad bowl.

2 Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg zest then add your egg yolks, the Parmesan, the butter and your dash of olive oil and work with a wooden spatula.

3 Then add the flour and work some more, then let your bowl rest at room temperature covered for a good hour.

4 On your lightly floured work surface make small sticks approximately 1 cm thick then cut them with a floured knife into small gnocchi 3cm long and mark them with your floured fork.

5 Then plunge them into your boiling water and when they float to the surface they will be cooked then drain them.
You can then coat them with your desired sauce, supreme, tomato, American etc etc.
Of course if you have some black truffle shards (melanos) on hand then the result will become divine.

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