Basil Ricotta Gnocchi – The Other (Better?) Gnocchi

One of these days, I’ll create a proper potato-based gnocchi video, but it’s difficult for me, since I relish this agency therefore much more. Sure, 1 time inward a while, amongst the attention of perfectly cooked potatoes, as well as trusty ricer, you’ll blast the classic technique, as well as make beautifully light, tender dumplings; but, that’s how these come upward out every time. Besides, I’m pretty certain since these don’t utilisation potato, or every bit much flour, nosotros locomote to telephone band these “low-carb,” which is nice. 

Anyway, the betoken is these are tardily to line off, as well as slap-up for a dinner party, since you lot tin shape/boil your gnocchi ahead of time, as well as and therefore only chocolate-brown them upward inward some butter when you’re fix to serve.

I tend to locomote along the plating fairly basic for these, but whatsoever of your favorite pasta sauces should work. They're great every bit a principal course, specially if you lot accessorize amongst some seasonal vegetables, but "as is," they likewise build for a stellar side dish, or commencement course. I actually promise you lot give this basil ricotta gnocchi recipe a endeavor soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for four Portions Basil Ricotta Gnocchi:

12-ounce container whole milk ricotta cheese (1 1/2 cups), *drained well

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 loving cup packed fresh basil leaves, blanched inward boiling water

1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt, or to sense of savour

1 1/2 ounces freshly grated Parmesan (about 1 not-packed cup)

pinch of cayenne pepper

1/2 loving cup addition two tablespoons all-purpose flour

 unsalted butter for optional browning

Note: Cook a exam slice of dough inward salted water, as well as banking venture lucifer for seasoning. Add to a greater extent than common salt if needed

*My fancy handbasket ricotta tends to live low-moisture, therefore if you’re using the much wetter supermarket brands, live certain to drain inward a strainer inward the refrigerator for a few

hours to permit the excess H2O to drip out.