gnocchi!

[schutd]

Here's a thread to profess your love for those delicious little potato dumplings. I just made a batch from scratch this evening. Im serving them with stewed leeks, bacon and roasted tomatoes. They are pretty work heavy, but its a zen like work, making a dough and cutting them and rolling them. Relaxes me.

I heart gnocchi!

 

[Mulli]

Awesome!!

Gorgonzola gnocci (or gnocchetti) are the bomb diggity!!!

 

[Mulli]

pronounced

nyo-key.

 

[Linderbee]

I'm sure I'd profess my love for them if I'd ever had them, since I love just about all things potato.

 

[Mulli]

I'm sure I'd profess my love for them if I'd ever had them, since I love just about all things potato.

Get them at Trader Joes, put tomato sauce on them, splurge and get good parmesan to put on top. You will like it.

 

[Linderbee]

Get them at Trader Joes, put tomato sauce on them, splurge and get good parmesan to put on top. You will like it.

there's a Trader Joe's about a 1/2 a mile from me. (there's just about EVERYTHING w/in a mile of my apt...I really love that about this place). I'll do it sometime this week.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Get them at Trader Joes, put tomato sauce on them, splurge and get good parmesan to put on top. You will like it.

Gnocchi in a pesto sauce is unbeatable!!

 

[D-Dogg]

Gnocchi is awesome...we don't make it from scratch but we always get it from Trader Joes.

We just had a nice Gnocchi with pesto inside and parm, and my wife then brushed a little EVOO on them and topped with shredded parm. Served alongside some cod. Awe. Some.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Gnocchi is awesome...we don't make it from scratch but we always get it from Trader Joes.

We just had a nice Gnocchi with pesto inside and parm, and my wife then brushed a little EVOO on them and topped with shredded parm. Served alongside some cod. Awe. Some.

I just ate lunch, yet, your post is making me hungry!!!

 

[DeAnna]

I love gnocchi! My ex's mother (from the old country) used to get up at 5am on Easter Sunday and make them from scratch, with lots of bolognese sauce. Yummy!

 

[Heucrazy]

I tried making these after watching Mario Batalli make them and I must say they were fantastic.

I love all things potato (Irish). Perogies are my favorite food of all time.

 

[schutd]

Like I said hheu, they take a bit more work than most are generally willing to spend, but if you have the time, its totally relaxing. Its also easy, yet somehow easy to ruin. The store bought ones are great on the fly, but they are generally denser, and chewier. A good gnoccchi should hold its shape when cooked, yet almost melt in the mouth.

I love them crusted in brown butter, I love them with bolognese, I love them with vodka sauce. I love them with nothing but EVO and grated parm.

I learned how to make them at a kitchen very well known for them (Craft) and I still dont do them as well as my chef did, but everytime, they get better. It requires a lot of nuance to get them perfect.

If anyone has the gumption to do it, Id be happy to give a recipe...

 

[Heucrazy]

Like I said hheu, they take a bit more work than most are generally willing to spend, but if you have the time, its totally relaxing. Its also easy, yet somehow easy to ruin. The store bought ones are great on the fly, but they are generally denser, and chewier. A good gnoccchi should hold its shape when cooked, yet almost melt in the mouth.

I love them crusted in brown butter, I love them with bolognese, I love them with vodka sauce. I love them with nothing but EVO and grated parm.

I learned how to make them at a kitchen very well known for them (Craft) and I still dont do them as well as my chef did, but everytime, they get better. It requires a lot of nuance to get them perfect.

If anyone has the gumption to do it, Id be happy to give a recipe...

I've only made them once off of a recipe from the internet, but I had a great time doing it and they were a hit with the family.

EVOO, Sundried tomatoes, Grated Parm, Garlic, and love was how I did it.

 

[Pariah]

not a big fan

 

[Mulli]

not a big fan

They are good, but there are usually better pastas on the menu of a decent Italian menu. I'll take an al dente pasta over gnocchi most of the time.

 

[schutd]

Who orders pasta at an italian restaurant? You can make spaghetti at home, dummy!

I kid! My favorite is a pasta dish I had at Lupa. Garganelli with guanciale, chilis and tomatoes. Mmmmmmmmm

I do HATE overcooked pasta though. Its gotta have some tooth!

 

[Mulli]

Who orders pasta at an italian restaurant? You can make spaghetti at home, dummy!

I kid! My favorite is a pasta dish I had at Lupa. Garganelli with guanciale, chilis and tomatoes. Mmmmmmmmm

I do HATE overcooked pasta though. Its gotta have some tooth!

Most Italians that I know, as in those living in Italy or from Italy, order pasta at Italian restaurants.

 

[D-Dogg]

mulli the thread killa!

 

[Jersey Girl]

not a big fan

No wonder I'm a fan of Pariah.

 

[Mulli]

mulli the thread killa!

dead dead dead

 

[Linderbee]

So, I know this wasn't the appropriate atmosphere to be getting gnocchi, but I couldn't resist.

I ate at Haus Murphy's at 57th & Glendale today, and they had gnocchi. The owner gave me a hard time for ordering gnocchi at a German restaurant. I wanted to ask, "Well wth is it doing on your menu then?"

From their menu:

Pan seared potato pasta made to order with sauteed Prosciutto, sliced white button mushrooms and our secret Emmenthaler Creme Sauce that makes this Italian Classic a German specialty that is simply Wunderbar!

HOLY CRAP that stuff was good. I have no idea what Emmenthaler Creme sauce is...but it was fabulous.

 

[Mulli]

So, I know this wasn't the appropriate atmosphere to be getting gnocchi, but I couldn't resist.

I ate at Haus Murphy's at 57th & Glendale today, and they had gnocchi. The owner gave me a hard time for ordering gnocchi at a German restaurant. I wanted to ask, "Well wth is it doing on your menu then?"

From their menu:



HOLY CRAP that stuff was good. I have no idea what Emmenthaler Creme sauce is...but it was fabulous.

I have eaten those. They are good, but my Italian relatives would scoff.

 

[schutd]

Emmenthaler is a cave aged swiss, IIRC. So you got a gnocchi in swiss cheese sauce.

 

[Linderbee]

Emmenthaler is a cave aged swiss, IIRC. So you got a gnocchi in swiss cheese sauce.

pan fried gnocchi, with mushrooms & prosciutto...

that was so freakin' good...must go back for more.

 

[Mulli]

Emphasis on pan-fried on the ones I had. Closer to hash browns than gnocci, to me anyway.