basil gnocchi
From hiddenpoet 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 4
this dish is a basic tasty alternative to dried pastas.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds russet potatos shopping list
- 2 cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 1 large egg shopping list
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt shopping list
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil shopping list
- black pepper shopping list
- olive oil shopping list
How to make it
- place potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. bring to a boil and reduce heat. simmer for about 45 minutes. drain.
- start another pot of water to boil.
- rinse the skins off potatoes under cool water then pass through a vegetable mill or a ricer.
- make a well with the potatos and cover with the flour. add the egg in the center of the well and put the salt and pepper over it. beat the egg with a fork until a dough forms.
- now sprinkle the basil all over the potato and dough and work until it is all a soft dough about four minutes. cut dough into six even pieces.
- roll the pieces of dough out into ropes about 3/4" wide and cut the ropes into 1" pieces.
- prepare an ice bath and boil the gnocchi in batches until it floats, about one or two minutes. with a slotted spoon transfer the boiled gnocchi into the ice bath and start the next batch of gnocchis into the boiling water.
- now take the gnoccis out of the ice bath and place them into a bowl with a glug of olive oil. make sure they are coated and repeat until all gnoccis are cooked.
- serve as is or with a red sauce.
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