anybody have a good gnocchi recipe?

i just recently tried gnocchi for the first and loved it! now, i want to try to make it at home. does anybody have a good recipe that they wouldn't mind sharing?

TIA!

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Are you looking for a recipe to actually make gnocchi from scratch? Or a recipe with gnocchi in it?

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This is a good one from David Rocco. It's also real easy.

I'm not sure where you can purchase the dry porcini though. My family sends them to us from Italy, so I've never had to look to purchase them.

Gnocchi with Porcini mushrooms

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Homemade Gnocchi Link

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thank you! can't wait to make them!!!

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gnocchi is really easy to make just a little time consuming.

The best tip I ever received from my grandmother is add a little flour at a time. The texture of the dough will determine how it comes out. If the dough is too soft and sticky when they are cook they will stick to your mouth. If it is kinda stiff because you put to much flour they will be dense when you cook them.

I am not sure if you have kids, but my son loves to help me make them.

I just looked at those 2 recipes and I wouldn't use mashed potatoes. The porcini one is a good recipe. I would also recommend using a food mill or ricer. A fork or masher is good but it will leave chunks which you don't want.

Message edited 10/19/2011 11:00:47 AM.

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Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup – ala Copy Cat Recipes
This is an easy to prepare recipe, but it is going to taste like you spent hours at the stove making your family a delightful chicken and potato gnocchi soup. You can find the gnocchi in a couple of different places in your supermarket, my local stores sells shelf stable potato gnocchi where dry pasta is sold. In higher end grocery stores I have seen this sold in the fresh sections where you would pick up a prepared meal at. Either type of gnocchi will work well.
Yield: 8 servings.
1 cup chicken breasts, cooked and diced (you can use a rotisserie chicken)
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 quart half and half
1 14 ounce can chicken broth
1/2 cup celery, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup carrots, finely shredded
1 cup onion, finely diced
1 cup fresh spinach, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon extra virgin oil
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon parsley
Freshly grated parmesan cheese – optional
1 pound potato gnocchi – can buy this in the gourmet section of many supermarkets
Sauté the onion, celery, and garlic in the butter and olive oil, over medium heat when the onion becomes translucent, add the flour, and make a roux, let the butter and flour mixture cook for about a minute before adding 1 quart of half and half.
Cook gnocchi according to package directions.
Into the roux add in the carrots and chicken. Once the mixture becomes thick add the chicken broth. Once the mixture thickens again, add the cooked gnocchi, spinach, and seasonings, simmer until soup is heated through.
Comments about this recipe: You can add more chicken if you like. While you could use left over cooked chicken breasts, I really think using the rotisserie chicken that are found in many grocery stores is the best way to get the optimal flavor of this soup. If you want to make the soup lower calorie you can use milk instead of half and half. Half and Half, does taste better, and it also reheats better than milk does.


Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup – ala Me aka - short-cut version
3 small cans Cream of Chicken Soup
3 small cans of water
1 ½ - 2 pound diced cooked chicken
1 bag baby spinach
3 gloves garlic, grated
½ small onion, grated

Cook chicken in seasoned water. I like garlic powder, onion powder and a few shots of Tabasco.

Drain chicken. Add canned soup and 3 cans of water. Stir. Add chicken back.
Grate garlic and onion into pot.

When heated, add spinach.

Start cooking Gnocchi to directions. My package said cook 2 minutes in boiling salted water. Mine were frozen, cooked about 3 minutes.

Add gnocchi to soup and serve.

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