Description
These sweet potato gnocchi are soft, fluffy, and perfect with your favorite sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound sweet potatoes
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (add more if needed, a little at a time)
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Prick sweet potatoes with a fork and microwave them for 7 to 10 minutes until tender. Cut them in half, scoop out the flesh, add it to a bowl, and mash with a fork.
- Add all-purpose flour and salt and mix with a spoon first, then with your hands to combine on a lightly floured worktop. Knead for a short minute until you have a compact, soft, and slightly moist dough (not wet and sticky).
- Cut the dough into 4 pieces, roll out into long ropes, then cut into small pillow-shaped gnocchi (about 1/2 inch or 1 cm in size). You can cook the gnocchi without further shaping, or roll them with your thumb on a gnocchi board or the back of a fork to make ridges.
- Cook the gnocchi in a large pot with plenty of salted boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes, or until they float to the surface. Remove from the water with a spider or slotted spoon and add them to your favorite sauce. A simple marinara sauce topped with grated parmesan, a dollop of burrata cheese, a drizzle of olive oil, and chopped pistachios (substitute dried oregano for pistachios) is recommended.
Notes
- Make sure the sweet potatoes are tender before mashing.
- Add flour gradually to achieve the right dough consistency.
- For added flavor, consider herbs or spices in the dough.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 0mg