Tuesday 1 November 2011

Homemade Sweet Potato & Spinach Gnocci

Ya'll, this is delicious and so very easy. Truly, easiest homemade pasta ever.

Grab some sweet potatoes, some spinach, some flour and voila! Pasta.

So what I did was this:

3lb. sweet potatoes
15 oz. frozen spinach
~3c. whole wheat flour

-Peel and boil up the sweet potatoes. Throw them in a processor to puree (also a cheap way to make babyfoods...).
-Thaw frozen spinach, and get out the excess water by dabbing with a paper towel.
-Trow that spinach into the processor too.
-Now just add in whatever spices you wish... oregano, basil, salt&peppa, rosemary, etc.
-Put the puree into a wide bowl and add about 2 cups of flour, and then slowly add the rest. You want to create a pliable dough that is dry enough to knead without getting sticky stuff all over your fingers.
-Roll out pieces at a time into dough-logs and then slice off about an inch of dough at a time.
-Toss dough pieces into boiling water.
-It'll only take the pasta bits about a minute until they rise to the surface of the water, and when they do, you can take them out and set them aside to be eaten.

Now it's all finished, but if you want, you can toss the gnocci in a skillet of olive oil and garlic, to give it a bit of a browning, but this isn't necessary.

Pesto White Wine Sauce:

2 Tbsp. organic pesto
1/3 c. white wine
4 Tbsp. cream
1 Tbsp. butter
S&P

-Let it simmer for about 5 minutes.

Now you can add whatever else you like to the gnocci... sauteed mushrooms, zucchini, etc.



Enjoy!

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