Ingredients
For 4 large portions
Pumpkin gnocchi
- 600 g mashed potatoes (baked in the oven for 45 – 60 min. and peeled)
- 1.5 cup of pumpkin purée
- 1 egg
- Salt and pepper to taste
- All purpose flour as needed
- Butter
Mushroom sauce
- Mushrooms of choice
- Onion
- Cloves of garlic
- Butter
- Salt and pepper
- Nutmeg
- Oat milk
- Parmesan or pecorino (optional)
Instructions
Bake the potatoes in the oven untill soft. Peel them as soon as possible as to let evaporate as much moisture as possible. Transfer 600 g to a bowl and mash them finely till you obtain a dry purée (don’t add any butter or liquid).
Add the pumpkin purée and the egg to the potatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Add about 1.5 cup of flour and knead until just combined. Keep adding 1/4 cup of flour at a time untill you obtain a dough that is ‘workable’. Avoid excessive kneading/overworking th dough or the gnocchi will turn out gummy.
Dust a large work surface with extra flour. Take a part of the dough and shape it into a long roll of about 1″ diameter. Cut into smaller pieces of about half an inch thick. Roll each piece into a ball and dust them a last time with flour. Use a piece of cooking string to make pumpkin-like indentations. Continue till you have made enough gnocchi and set aside.
For the mushroom sauce, peel and chop the onion and garlic and cut the mushrooms into bite-size pieces. Melt some butter in a saucepan and sautée the onion and garlic on medium heat. Add the mushrooms, a splash of oat milk and season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Simmer on medium heat until the mushrooms are cooked through and set aside (make sure the sauce stays warm).
Bring a pan of salted water to a boil and melt some butter in a frying pan (if necessary, reduce the heat to make sure the butter doesn’t burn). Work in batches to cook the gnocchi in the water until they float to the surface. Scoop them out with a slotted spoon and drain well. Next, transfer the gnocchi to the pan and bake them until the edges are crispy and golden brown. Serve with the mushroom sauce and finish with some grated Parmesan or Pecorino cheese.
Adapted from https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjLCHYKjIpv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D