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Ricotta Gnocchi
Pasta & Rice

Ricotta Gnocchi

Ricotta (drained of liquid) with egg, a little flour and grated hard cheese, and sometimes cooked, squeezed spinach: rolled into ropes, cut into pillows and cooked in salted water until they float.

⏱ 7 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the ricotta, flour, eggs, Parmesan and salt into a soft dough.
    Bowl
    💡Wet ricotta needs more flour, and more flour makes heavy gnocchi: drain it well first, and add flour only until the dough holds its shape.
  2. 2
    Lightly flour the work surface, roll the dough into ropes 2 cm thick and cut into pillows of about 2 cm.
    Knife
  3. 3
    Cook the gnocchi in boiling salted water about 2–3 minutes, until they float, and remove with a slotted spoon.
    ⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePotSlotted spoon
    💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.
391calories
20 gprotein
33 gcarbs
19 gfat
● protein 21%● carbs 34%● fat 45%

Per serving (176 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Cooked, squeezed spinach · Ricotta draining time (half an hour) · Parmesan in the dough · black pepper · Nutmeg · Fresh spinach wilted in a pan with a little water (minutes) (3–4) · Chilling the batter in the fridge (minutes) (20) · Cooking after they float (time) (2 minutes)
  • Rope thickness (cm): 2
  • Length of each pillow (cm): 2
  • Cooking time (minutes): 2–3
  • Dumpling name in the steps: the gnocchi
  • Floating cue (matching the name): they float

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