Gnocchi di Patate Calabrese Style
If you’re a pasta lover, chances are you’ve tried your fair share of gnocchi. But have you ever tried making your homemade gnocchi from scratch? The result is a genuinely irresistible dish that will impress your family and friends.
Nonna Maria’s Gnocchi di Patate Calabrese Style recipe is the perfect place to start. With just a few simple ingredients, you can make your light and fluffy gnocchi bursting with flavour. Nonna Maria will teach you some tricks of the trade to ensure your gnocchi turns out perfectly every time.
Making gnocchi from scratch may seem intimidating, but with Nonna Maria’s guidance, you’ll find it’s pretty simple. She’ll teach you how to cook the potatoes just right, combine the ingredients to make a smooth dough and shape the gnocchi with a fork.
Once your gnocchi is ready, you can serve it with your favourite sauce. A simple tomato sauce is a classic choice, but you could also try a creamy Gorgonzola sauce or a butter and sage sauce.
Watch How to Make Homemade Gnocchi from scratch:
How to Make Homemade Gnocchi from Scratch with Nonna Maria
Nonna Maria’s Top Tips To Make Homemade Gnocchi
DON’T over boil it!
Don’t over boil the potatoes or they won’t be the right consistency for the gnocchi.
NOT too thin
Make sure your dough is not too thin! Use the palms of your hands to just below the tips of your fingers, roll the dough into a long coil.
Just rub some flour
Some of the dough will stick to your hands while you are kneading it, so just add some flour onto your hands and rub one with the other to remove it and add it to the gnocchi – nothing gets wasted in her kitchen!
Homemade Gnocchi
Equipment
- Wooden board for kneading the pasta dough
- knife
- Tray
- Cheese grater
- Potato masher
- large pot
Ingredients
- NB: Nonna Maria cooked for a BIG family night so use a third of her portions for a family night
- 10 Potatoes
- 1 kg Plain flour
- 3 Eggs
- 5 L Water
Instructions
- To make Nonna Maria's fresh gnocchi, boil the potatoes until they are nice and soft.
- Once boiled, peel the potatoes and squash them through the potato masher and onto a wooden board.
- Spread the potatoes out slightly using a fork to help them cool.
- Add three eggs to the potatoes and mix them through well using your hands.
- Then, add a sprinkle of salt to the gnocchi and continue to mix through.
- Get a handful of flour, sprinkle it on top and then mix it through by beginning to knead the dough.
- Continue this process until the gnocchi dough is no longer sticky.
- Once you are happy with the consistency, cut a small portion of the gnocchi dough and using the palms of your hands to just below the tips of your fingers, roll the dough into a long coil – make sure it's not too thin!
- Then, using a sharp knife cut the coil into small pillow-like shapes, on a diagonal.
- Sprinkle added flour over each of the gnocchi and using a cheese grater, gently press each gnocchi into it until it creates a small gap in the bottom of the gnocchi. This will help them stay nice and soft once they cook through.
- Once finished, bring 5L of water to boil in a large pot and add the gnocchi in.
- When the gnocchi have risen to the top, wait a few seconds then gather them up a small portion at a time, using a large hand sieve/strainer.
Video
How to Serve Homemade Gnocchi
Cook with a sauce of your choice…red is Nonna Maria favourite but a white sauce with porcini would also be sensational!
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Mmmm…and I do have a half a bag of potatoes to use up…
That’s great to hear! Gnocchi is a fantastic way to use up leftover potatoes and turn them into a delicious and comforting meal. I hope you enjoy making the recipe and that it turns out delicious.