VIDEO: Make gnocchi yourself
When buying the potatoes you should make sure that these are soft-boiling, otherwise the do-it-yourself gnocchi recipe will not turn out optimally.
- For your homemade gnocchi, wash the potatoes with the help of a potato brush and water.
- Fill a large saucepan with enough water and cook the potatoes with their skin soft. This step takes approx. 30 to 40 minutes. The duration depends on the size of the potatoes.
- As soon as the potatoes are tender, take them out of the water and peel them with a small kitchen knife while they are still warm.
- While still hot, press the potatoes through a potato press into the kitchen bowl. As an alternative to the potato press, you can also use a potato masher. Then let the potato mixture cool down a little.
- Salt the mixture for the homemade gnocchi a little and add enough flour until the dough no longer sticks to the fingers. It is possible that you either need a little more or a little less flour than stated in the list of ingredients. That depends solely on the type of potato used.
- Flour your work surface and work the potato batter for the gnocchi into finger-thick rolls. Then cut these with the kitchen knife into approx. 2 cm long pieces.
- For the characteristic shape of the gnocchi, roll each piece of dough with your thumb over the prongs of a conventional fork.
- Put on a large saucepan with plenty of water. Salt the water and reduce the temperature as soon as it starts to boil.
- Put the homemade gnocchi in the hot water and leave them for approx. Brew for three to four minutes. As soon as they are done, the gnocchi float to the surface of the water. Then you can lift them out with a slotted spoon.
- Put the gnocchi in a bowl or something similar, add a few flakes of butter and serve as warm garnish or with any Sauces.
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