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Potato Gnocchetti with Basil Pesto

Small, light potato dumplings made with as little flour as possible, tossed with a vivid hand-blended basil pesto. Baking or boiling the potatoes whole keeps the dough airy.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on1 h 10 min
  • Total2 h
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

For the gnocchetti

  • 1 kgwaxy potatoes, roughly the same size
  • 250 gall-purpose flour, start with 200 g, plus more for dusting
  • 1 tspfine sea salt
  • 1eggoptional

For the basil pesto

  • 85 gbasil leaves
  • 20 gParmesan, crumbled
  • ½ clovegarlic, small, green shoot removed, sliced
  • 15 gpine nuts
  • ¼ tspfine sea salt
  • 120 mlextra virgin olive oil, plus more to cover the pesto

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Tree nuts
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Pine nut
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Basil
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine

Taste

  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven

Season

  • Summer

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 4
  • Needs advance prep

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: low

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