Eggless Gnocchi in Butter Garlic Sauce | Eggless Gnocchi
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 2-3 people
- 1 big unpeeled potato
- 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
- ½ Tbsp semolina
- Salt to taste
- 8-10 powdered black pepper
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
- 3-4 Cups water
- 2 Tbsp butter
- ½ Tbsp olive oil
- 3-4 chopped garlic
- Hard vegetarian cheese (to garnish)
- Wash and boil potato in enough water till it turns soft
- When the potato is soft till inside, check, drain water, and let it cool
- After it has cooled down, peel the potato
- Grate the potato with light hands
- Add this to a bowl, and season with salt
- Next add a pinch of nutmeg
- Add semolina and all purpose flour
- Sprinkle freshly pounded black pepper
- Add a Tbsp of melted butter
- Mix everything with light hands and do this very carefully
- Do not knead the dough, rest the dough for 10-15 minutes
- Pinch a ball out of the dough, roll into a log
- Cut into 1 inch pieces as shown
- With a fork, press onto each gnocchi carefully to make a pattern
- Bring water to a simmering boil in a vessel
- Carefully place the gnocchi on a slotted spoon
- Slowly lower the gnocchi into the water
- At first the gnocchi will sink
- Once they start coming to the top to float, the gnocchi will be done
- Remove them from water
- In a pan, melt butter and olive oil
- Add chopped garlic and saute lightly
- Drop in the cooked gnocchi and coat with the sauce
- Garnish with hard vegetarian cheese
- Serve hot!
Add few drops of milk if the dough feels dry to touch
Add little flour (avoid as much as possible) if the dough feels very wet
Refrigerate the dough for a few minutes if it feels sticky
Do NOT knead the dough, always use light hands to bring it together
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/eggless-gnocchi-in-butter-garlic-sauce/
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