With graduate school over, and Anne off from teaching for the summer, it finally feels like we’ve got our feet back on the ground again. It’s been a crazy few months to say the least, but we’ve taken the last two weeks to recuperate by spending time with our families and friends, going for bike rides through Philly, and cooking up one hell of a storm in our teeny weeny kitchen. We challenged ourselves to make homemade pasta, and we decided on ricotta gnocchi.
We found a delicious and easy-to-understand recipe from Italian Food Forever. Her recipe uses only four ingredients, and does not require any rest time or chill time. All we added was the use of a wooden gnocchi board to make ridges in the dough. The ridges help catch sauce and cheese — mmm! Check out a video of our process on Instagram.
Ricotta Gnocchi (via Italian Food Forever)
Ingredients:
- 1 lb full fat ricotta
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 large egg
In a medium bowl, combine ricotta, parmesan, and egg with a fork until blended. Add one cup of flour until blended. Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface, and add any remaining flour until the dough is not too sticky.
Break off one fist-sized piece of dough at a time, and roll it into a one-inch-wide snake. Be sure to coat your hands in flour as you work to avoid too much stickiness. Then, with a sharp knife, cut the dough snake into 3/4-inch pieces.
If using a wooden gnocchi board, take one cut piece of dough and gently flatten it out over the board. Then, roll the dough into a pinwheel. (Note that this is an unconventional way to do this. We boiled a few gnocchi as we rolled them to taste-test, and found that this method resulted in much lighter, fluffier gnocchi.) Place the finished gnocchi on a floury cookie sheet. Repeat this process until all of your dough is in gnocchi formation.
Put a large pot of salted water on to boil. It’s best to give gnocchi its space — don’t cram them all into a small pot. When the water comes to a rolling boil, gently place the gnocchi into the water. When they float to the top, they are cooked. Use a slotted spoon to take them out of the water as they are finished in case they are different sizes and have differing cook times.
Top the gnocchi with a sauce of your choice. Anne and I used a tomato sauce with lots of sautéed garlic and fresh basil. Be sure to have a glass of wine in one hand and a gnocchi-filled fork in the other, and it will surely be a successful dinner!
From Scissors & Sage
Lead chef and hand model: Anne Kenealy
SCISSORS & SAGE 
DAMN. My mouth is watering. If the Music Therapy thing does not work out – how about food therapy? Francos
Francos, you should really try these. You could whip them up in no time, and they’re delicious!
I agree!!!
Do you deliver?
I’ll teach you to make them!
one of my favorite posts Victoria
I still have fantasies about your moms gnocchi when we were kids. Ps I’m expecting baked goods in person and a sleep over after;)
Those were the days! Also picnics in the driveway 🙂