Description
Fresh from the garden chives are a delicious addition to these pillowy gnocchi.
Ingredients
1 (15 oz) container part-skim ricotta
3 egg yolks
1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
2 tablespoons finely snipped chives
few grinds grated nutmeg
pinch white pepper
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting board
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper and sprinkle with semolina flour.
- In a bowl, combine all ingredients adding just enough flour for dough to hold together. It will be a bit sticky.
- Turn dough out onto a floured work surface. Cut dough into 6 portions.
- With floured hands and using just enough flour to prevent the dough from sticking, roll each dough piece into a rope about ½-inch thick. Cut the rope into ½-inch pieces.
- Roll each cut piece on the tines of a fork or a gnocchi board. Place on prepared baking sheet making sure gnocchi don’t touch each other. Cover and chill until ready to cook. Can be refrigerated for up to 2 days.
- Cook gnocchi in boiling salted water for about 1 minute or until they are floating.
- Serve with lemon brown butter or bolognese sauce.
To make lemon-brown butter: melt 1 stick of unsalted butter over medium-low heat until it turns a toasty brown color, about 6 minutes. Add a squeeze of lemon juice, a tablespoon of snipped chives and a pinch of salt and ground pepper. Add gnocchi, tossing to coat. Serve immediately.
To make bolognese: In stock pot, melt 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add ½ cup each diced onion, small dice carrot and chopped celery; cook 3 to 4 minutes or until softened. Add 1-pound ground beef,* breaking up meat with a wooden spoon and cooking until no longer pink. Add 1 teaspoon kosher salt and few grind of pepper. Add 1-cup dry white wine. Increase heat to high and continue cooking until wine has evaporated. Add ½ cup of milk; cook until mixture again appears dry. Add 1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes. Cook, uncovered, on very low heat for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Notes
*Instead of 1 pound of ground beef we used ½ pound plus ½ pound of baby bella (cremini) mushrooms. The mushrooms are ground in the food processor and then cooked in a little olive oil until they have released all their liquid and caramelized
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 minute
- Category: main dish
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: Italian