Saturday, March 1, 2014

Elina and Robyn Make...Gnocchi

It's been quite awhile since I posted about something delicious Elina and I made.
I'm sorry it's been so long, but I hope this amazing food makes up for it!

A few weeks ago, Elina and I were watching a show on the Food Network and they were making homemade Gnocchi. As soon as we saw this, we both looked at each other and had the same thought -
WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS SOON!

After doing a little research, we figured making gnocchi wouldn't be much more difficult than making homemade pasta and we've both done that numerous times before. The more difficult part was deciding what type of sauce to make with the gnocchi.

After each of us threw our a few ideas, we decided on ...

A Cheesy Garlic Cream Sauce!!!

Homemade Gnocchi with anything sounds great, but with a cheesy garlic cream sauce is sounds even better!
(Note: We didn't toss our broccoli with the gnocchi as this recipe indicates.)


The Goods - Part 1:
Flour
Eggs
Potatoes
Parmesan
Cream
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Lemon

The Goods - Part 2 (AKA Things we forgot in Part 1...):
Milk
Chicken Broth
Butter
Fresh Parsley

Peel, cut up, cook, drain, cool off and finally rice your potatoes.

Arrange your potatoes in a dome and create a well in the middle.
Add your egg mixture and start combining with your hands.
Gradually mix in cheese and flour until dough is slightly sticky.

Divide dough in sixths, roll out into 1/2 inch thick, then slice in 1/2 inch pieces.
Create indentations on each piece using fork tines.

We put our gnocchi on cookies sheets, then stored them in the fridge while we made the delicious sauce!

Now time, to make the sauce!!!

Melt butter and cook the garlic.
Stir in Chicken Broth and combine.
Whisk in Cream and Milk until incorporated. 
Add the parmesan right before combining with the gnocchi.

Bring water to a slow boil, add gnocchi and cook until they rise to the surface.
Drain the gnocchi and combine with the sauce.
Finish off with Fresh Parsley.

Plate, add more fresh parm and serve with a crisp green salad!

The gnocchi and sauce were absolutely amazing!
After taking a few bites, we decided that the gnocchi were like little pillows of deliciousness.
And then we scarfed the rest down without saying another word to each other.
It was THAT good!

We were both very happy with the end result and knew we'd both be making this again.
In fact, we even had some uncooked gnocchi leftover that we were able to freeze for a later date.

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