Italian Main Dish Pasta Video

Gnocchi

Gnocchi
Gnocchi

Gnocchi

AvatarMariano
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 5

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gr ricotta cheese.
  • 500 gr flour.
  • 75 gr finely grated Parmesan. (Optional).
  • 4 egg yolk.
  • Salt.

Instructions
 

  • Mix the ricotta and egg yolks well.
    500 gr ricotta cheese., 4 egg yolk.
    Mix ricotta and egg
  • Add the Parmesan cheese.
    75 gr finely grated Parmesan.
    Add flour
  • Add flour and mix all the ingredients well until you get a uniform dough.
    500 gr flour.
    Add flour
  • Let rest for at least half an hour.
    Clock
  • To make the gnocchi, stretch the dough into cylinders of approximately 1.5cm in diameter and cut into small pieces.
    Cut gnocchis
  • Boil in salted water or vegetable broth for 2 to 3 minutes. When all the gnocchi float they are almost ready. The cooking time depends on the size of the gnocchi, so it is important to try to cut them all to roughly the same size.
    Salt.
    Boil gnocchi
  • For the filled gnocchi:
    Make one by one the gnocchi of a larger size than usual (approximately double).
    Gnocchis
  • With the tip of the index finger, press in the middle, making a hole.
    Open gnocchi
  • Fill and close. It is important to make sure that it is well closed because otherwise the filling will escape when boiling.
    In this case, I filled them with Genovese pesto (See video) but that's to taste.
    Fill Gnocchi
  • Enjoy!
    Gnocchi

Video

Keyword gnocchi, ñoquis

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