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Gnocchi Piedmontese

Russet potatoes dried in the oven, riced and bound with egg and just enough flour, then shaped on a fork, poached and tossed in butter with Parmesan and parsley. Drying the potatoes means they need less flour, which keeps the gnocchi light.

  • Yield6 portions
  • Hands-on1 h 2 min
  • Total1 h 55 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1.36 kgrusset potatoes, peeled and cut into large even chunks
  • 28 gunsalted butter, soft
  • 3large eggs, beaten
  • to tastekosher salt
  • to tasteground black pepper
  • to tastenutmeg, freshly gratedoptional
  • 454 gall-purpose flour, or as needed, plus more for dusting

To finish

  • 57 gunsalted butter
  • 85 gParmesan, finely grated
  • 28 gflat-leaf parsley, chopped

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Wheat
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • Nutmeg
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Chewy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Needs advance prep

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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