Pepper Gnocchi

Chef: Makinze Gore

Time

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 1 hours and 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 potatoes
  • 2.5 cups of all purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs
  • 0.25 cup of pecarino (romano) cheese
  • 0.5 cup of parmesean cheese
  • 4 tablespoons of butter
  • 2 tablespoons of kosher salt
  • black pepper
    • to taste

Steps

  1. Poke holes into potatoes with a fork.
  2. Bake potatoes in the oven at 400 degrees F for 1 hour. Let cool.
  3. Cut potatoes in half and scoop out the insides. Discard skins.
  4. Mash the potatoes well with a fork.
  5. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, flour, eggs, salt, and a little pepper until a dough forms.
  6. Put dough on a lightly flowered surface and knead until smooth. This should take about 3 minutes.
  7. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Using your hands, roll each piece into a long rope, about 0.75 inches in diameter.
  8. Cut the ropes into 1 inch pices. Place the pieces on a lightly floured baking sheet. If the dough is too soft to work with, place it in the freezer for 10 minutes to chill.
  9. Roll the pieces with the back side of a fork to create ridges and place back on the baking sheet.
  10. In a pot, boil salted water and cook gnocchi until it floats to the top. This should take about 2 minutes. Reserve 0.5 cup of the pasta water, then drain.
  11. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt the butter. Using a slotted spoon, add the gnocchi into the melted butter and season to taste with black pepper. Add the parmesean and pecorino, and toss until melted.
  12. Add the pasta water a few tablespoons at a time as needed to help the sauce come together.
  13. Serve and enjoy :)