The Fluffiest Potato Gnocchi
You have not really eaten gnocchi until you have tried these light fluffy pillows!
Ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Bake potatoes until they are fork tender, about 1 hour. When I bake my potatoes, I drizzle the outside with a little bit of olive oil and sprinkle with salt before baking to ensure that the insides will be fluffy. Slice the potatoes in half to cool slightly. Scrape out the insides of the potatoes one at a time, and push through a potato ricer into a large bowl. After all the potatoes have gone through the ricer, they need to cool a bit more, about 15 minutes or so. While they are cooling, I take a rubber spatula and stir them every few minutes. When stirring, I pick out any discolored pieces of potato or pieces of potato peel and discard.
- Add the salt and egg yolks into the cooled potatoes, then add about 3/4 of the flour and stir to mix. Dump this mixture onto a floured surface with your hands and knead. Add the rest of the flour as needed, kneading until you have a smooth dough. Try not to over knead the dough.
- Pull off handfuls of the dough at a time. Roll into smallish logs and cut with a knife into little pillows. Put these pillows on a baking sheet lined with parchment and sprinkled with a bit of flour. Put them in the refrigerator until ready to cook.
- To cook the gnocchi, gently drop them into a large pot of boiling salted water. They will float to the top when done. I like to make sure that they are uniform in color once they are floating. Use a slotted spoon to remove them and place directly on plate or bowl. They are now ready for whatever sauce you like! Enjoy!
Notes
Notes:
If I am serving gnocchi for dinner and am able, I will make the gnocchi a good bit ahead of time; even in the morning - and leave on a floured pan in the refrigerator until ready to use.
If I am doubling the recipe I will put two pots of water on to boil so that all the gnocchi is done at the same time. They are done in about 4 to 5 minutes total so it's a very quick cooking process.