Homemade Potato Gnocchi

🧂 Ingredients

• 2.2 lbs boiled potatoes

  or equal amount uncooked
• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter or olive oil

Instructions

• 1 Prepare the potatoes
  
  If you are starting with uncooked potatoes, then boil them in salted water until
  fork tender and mash them or put them through a potato ricer.
• 2 Mix the dough
  
  Mix the mashed potatoes, flour, egg and salt until just combined. Mix them
  gently and don't overmix or the gnocchi won't be as soft. You don't want gluten
  formation.
• 3 Shape the dough
  
  Cut the dough into 6 - 10 roughly even pieces. Gently roll out each piece into a
  long rope about 1 centimeter thick. Use a sharp knife to cut the ropes into
  pieces about the size of a large green olive.
• 4 Add the ridge
  
  To add a ridge to the dough, use a fork and gently press the tongs into the
  dough on the horizontal axis moving upwards, and then back down and across. it's
  like a gentle swiping motion across the dough. You can also use a ridged pasta
  board if you have one, or just gently press the fork down on the gnocchi being
  careful to produce a ridge without squishing them flat.
• 5 Cook the gnocchi
  
  Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Drop the gnocchi in being careful not
  to crowd them. You can do them in batches or all at once, depending on the size
  of your pot. The gnocchi are ready once they bob up to the surface - about 2
  minutes of cooking.
• 6 Butter or oil
  
  Remove the gnocchi from the water with a slotted spoon and immediately olive oil
  or butter them so they don't stick together.

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