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Okie-Dokie Gnocchi Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 russet potatoes
1 cup 00 flour (+ enough to make the dough feel right)
1 egg, beaten
Salt and pepper to taste.
Directions:
Directions:
Cook potatoes until soft (can boil or pierce with a fork then microwave). Remove potato flesh and mash or rice. Allow to cool.

Transfer to a bowl; add salt pepper and flour. Combine gently.

Transfer to a pasta board that has been dusted with flour; make a mound with a well in the center. Add the egg into the well; mix well with hands to combine. Knead dough until just blended (do not over work the dough). Knead no more than 5x.

Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces.

Roll each piece into a ~1/2” rope. Cut rope into 1” pieces.

Roll each piece over a gnocchi board or down the tines of a fork to create the grooves. Place on a floured surface.

Bring a large pot of salted water (it should taste like the sea) to boil.

Add the gnocchi (add in batches) and stir with a wooden spoon to prevent them from sticking together. Cook until the gnocchi float to the surface, then ~3 minutes more.
Transfer using a slotted spoon to a pan to finish with sauce.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Like Nana’s (Dee's) rolls, pasta recipes are by feel and once you get the feel you can adjust flour.

Interesting fact: Gnocchi is perhaps the first homemade type of pasta. They were described as we know them (meaning with potatoes), only from the second half of the 1700s, as they were originally prepared only with water and flour, and were torn by hand and then cooked.

00 flour, also known as doppio zero (‘double zero’) is a super fine white flour from Italy, and considered the gold standard for making pasta and pizza bases.

 

 

 

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