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Homemade potato gnocchi
Published: April 27, 2021 at 7:00 AM
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Serves 6-8
Easy
Total time: 3 hrs
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Making your own gnocchi from scratch is easier than you think. This is a comforting classic updated with ricotta and tarragon, and finished with a beurre noisette
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Try this homemade potato gnocchi or check out our other gnocchi recipes such as our gnocchi bake, sausage gnocchi, mushroom gnocchi and healthy gnocchi.
Ingredients
Nutrition
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1kg (such as Maris Piper) floury potatoes
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1 egg
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150g ricotta
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a bunch tarragon
leaves picked and half chopped
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200g 00 flour
plus more for dusting
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150g salted butter
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal369
- fat18.7g
- saturates11.3g
- carbs40.6g
- fibre3.4g
- protein8.1g
- salt0.4g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 5. Prick the potatoes all over with a skewer (keep the skin on). Bake for 1-1½ hours, or until completely soft. Check the centres with a skewer to make sure they’re cooked all the way through – it should go through the centre easily. Allow the potatoes to cool enough to handle. Beat the egg, ricotta and the chopped tarragon together with some salt and pepper.
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step 2
Cut the cooled potatoes in half, and scoop the flesh out into a bowl.
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step 3
Put the potato flesh through a ricer, or push though a sieve with a wooden spoon.
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step 4
Beat the ricotta mix with the potato and season really well.
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step 5
Sift over the flour, and knead into the bowl to make a dough. Divide into 8 portions.
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step 6
Roll each portion out onto a floured work surface, to make a long thin sausage, then cut into 2.5cm pieces.
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step 7
Mark the gnocchi using the back of a fork, and round the corners off. Put onto a floured baking tray when done, and continue with the rest.
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step 8
Cook the gnocchi in a large pan of boiling salted water in batches. Cook for about 1 minute until they rise to the surface of the water, then strain into a colander. Allow to dry out for 30 seconds before tipping into warm bowls.
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step 9
Melt the butter and cook until it turns a golden, nutty brown, add the tarragon leaves for a minute then take off the heat and season with lots of black pepper and tip into a heatproof bowl to stop it cooking. Spoon over the cooked gnocchi and season with more black pepper, if you like.
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