Thursday, December 19, 2013

Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Browned Butter Apple Sauce



Gnocchi. Gnocchi. Gn-oooo-cchiiiii. I had to try this recipe because its name is entertaining to say.
(PS. I'm a sucker for sweet potatoes too.)

Ingredients
  • three sweet potatoes
  • one egg
  • one ounce of goat cheese
  • 1/3 cup of Parmesan cheese
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch of sage
  • pinch of cinnamon
  • 2 1/3 cups of flour
  • three tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
  • one apple
  • 1/8 stick of butter
 Recipe for Gnocchi
  1. Wash sweet potatoes.
  2. Puncture potatoes and cook on high in the microwave for about 5 minutes per side.
  3. Remove the sweet potatoes from the microwave, cut in half, and scoop the flesh into a medium bowl.
  4. Mash the potatoes
  5. Add the goat cheese, Parmesan cheese, egg, and salt, and then start adding the flour, 1/2 cup at a time until a soft dough forms.
  6. Shape the dough into a large ball.
  7. Lightly flour a counter top.
  8. Divide the dough into 6 pieces, and take a piece and roll it into a snake shape.
  9. Cut the dough into 20 pieces to form each gnocchi, and then transfer to a floured baking sheet.
  10. Repeat the rolling and cutting process with the remaining five pieces of dough.
  11. Use a fork to make fancy indentations in the gnocchi.  
  12. Cook gnocchi as one would pasta: boil water, add gnocchi, stir, remove when the darlings float to the surface (about a minute).

Recipe for Brown Butter Sauce
  1. Wash and chop the apple.
  2. Brown with sage, balsamic vinegar, cinnamon and butter in medium/medium-high heat.
Toss the warm gnocchi with the prepared brown butter sauce. Garnish with Parmesan cheese, and of course share with someone you love.

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