We know, the title is a bit of a mouth-full but so is this plate of crispy golden gnocchi! Unlike other pasta, gnocchi is relatively quick and easy to make and only requires 3 ingredients! We decided to shake it up a bit and swap your regular potato for sweet potato and panfrying the gnocchi in a shmancy saffron sauce with sweet, caramelised onions. That's not to say you can't keep it simply with your good ol' passata sauce!
Serves: 4
You can also double the recipe and freeze the extra batch! Perfect for quick and easy dinners.
Ingredients
Gnocchi
400g sweet potato (approx. 1 sweet potato)
2 1/2 - 3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
Caramelised Onion
1 brown onion
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp aniseed
1 tsp brown sugar
Sauce
1 tbsp vegan butter/margarine (or olive oil)
Pinch of saffron (optional!)
1 tsp salt
2 garlic cloves
Handful fresh parsley
Method
Gnocchi
Peel and roughly chop the sweet potato. Place it in a pot of boiling water and cook for approximately 20-25 minutes (or until completely soft and cooked through)
Drain the water from the pot and mash the sweet potato with a masher or fork until smooth
Add 2 cups of the flour and mix until combined, creating a sticky dough. Tip onto a floured surfaced and slowly kneed in the remaining 1/2 cup by simply pouring the flour on top and pressing it in. After needing for 5 minutes, if you notice the dough is still sticking to your fingers, add another 1/2 cup
Kneed for another 5 minutes until you have a soft, bouncy dough.
Now cut the dough into quarters. Take one portion and roll into a long sausage, approximately the width of a finger
Use a sharp knife to cut out each gnocchi (approximately 2 cm long) and set aside on a floured surface, separating each one to avoid sticking
You can shape the gnocchi by giving each a light squeeze in your palm or rolling them along a fork, but you can also leave them just as they are
Bring a pot of water to boil and boil the gnocchi for 1 minute (or until they float to the surface) and then strain
Caramelised Onions
Cut the onion in half (from root to top) and then cut each half into thin, c-shaped strips
Now heat a large pan with the olive oil. Once hot, add the onions and fry off for 5 minutes
Add the sugar, salt and aniseed and continue to fry until the onions are soft, sticky and golden. Set these aside in a bowl
Sauce
Finely chop the garlic cloves and fresh parsley.
Using the same pan (leave the juices!), add the butter and wait until it melts and begins to bubble. Then add the saffron, garlic, parsley and salt and mix for a few seconds
Make sure the stove is on a medium-high heat then add the gnocchi. Fry for 1 minute or until golden. Make sure you keep tossing and moving them around with tongs
Turn of the heat and stir in the caramelised onions. Serve with fresh parley and enjoy!
Keep in mind you can cook the gnocchi any way you like.
You can;
Simply boil and add it to passata sauce
panfry it with olive oil, garlic and nutritional yeast
Mix in some spinach, roasted pumpkin and walnuts
Or even coat in our multi-purpose cheese sauce!
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