Gnocchi with Browned Butter
Bastianich loves fresh sage with buttery gnocchi.
Bastianich loves fresh sage with buttery gnocchi.
These are SO good- much better than the store bought kind! They do take time- I think the near 2 hours mentioned by CL is accurate, but they are very easy to make, albeit a little messy. The one modification I had to make was add more flour when kneading the dough, as my dough was very wet, and I used a lot of flour when rolling them out to keep them from sticking to everything. One thing the recipe doesn't mention, that other gnocchi recipes do: when you drop the gnocchi in the boiling water, you need to stir the water so they don't stick to the bottom. Also, there's no need to time how long they're in the water- they float to the top when they're done.
I made this with my little sister and we had so much fun!!! it took over a couple hours though, so make sure you have a lot of time! sautéing the gnocchi in the pan made it really good. and i served it with alfredo sauce and the broccoli recipe on the cover of the January (2011) issue. will for sure make this again!!