Surprise your friends and family with a gourmet style dinner. This recipe takes less than five ingredients and you probably already have them at home!
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs of potatoes
- 1 egg
- 1 cup of all purpose flour
- A pinch of salt
Instructions:
- Fill a large pot with water and put in the potatoes. Boil over a medium heat until the potatoes are tender (approximately 30 minutes)
- When ready, remove the potatoes from the water, when they are cool enough to touch carefully peel the potatoes.
- Take a fork and start to kind of mash the potatoes. You don’t want them completely mashed, just separated in tiny pieces without large lumps.
- Add the mashed potatoes into a large bowl and set aside.
- In a small bowl beat the egg and add the pinch of salt.
- Pour the egg evenly over all the potatoes. Make sure the potatoes are not hot before adding the egg.
- Sift a 1/2 cup of flour over the mixture. Sifting the flour is important to avoid lumps.
- With a spatula or a wooden spoon, combine all the ingredients. After about 1 minute of folding the mixture, add the remaining 1/2 cup of flour and keep mixing until completely integrated. You’ll end with a moist potato dough.
- Sprinkle some flour on a flat surface. Divide the dough into approximately 6 sections and roll each section to about 1 cm thick.
- Slice the rolled dough about 1 ½ – 2 cm thick to form the gnocchi.
- Using a fork, slightly press each gnocchi to add some texture. This is optional but they will look much more professional this way.
- Boil the gnocchi, and when it’s ready they will float.
- Serve with your favorite sauces!