Sunday, July 11, 2010

Gnocchi

2 eggs
1 cup ricotta cheese
8 tsp. butter
1 cup Romano cheese, grated
1 cup instant potato flakes
1 tsp. salt
3 cups flour

Prepare instant potatoes as directed on package. Combine potato with eggs and salt and whip until fluffy. Add ricotta cheese, butter, Romano cheese and flour. Knead until smooth. Shape into 1/2″ rolls and cut into 1″ lengths. Make impression with thumb in each piece, then lightly dust with flour. Drop into boiling water and cook only until they rise to the surface. Drain and serve with your favorite red sauce, cream sauce, or both!

CHEESE SAUCE
1 cup butter
16 oz. cream cheese
2 c. whipping cream
1/2 tsp. dry minced garlic
1/2 tsp. salt

Combine all ingredients and heat very slowly. Stir until smooth and pour over pasta.

RED SAUCE WITH SAUSAGE
1-2 lbs. mild Italian sausage
2 jars spaghetti sauce (1 lb. 10 oz. each)

Bake or saute sausage as instructed on package, until fully cooked. Slice and add to jarred sauce. Heat and serve over pasta.

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2 comments:

  1. sounds good! Matt loved gnocchi on his mission but I've never tried. Now I'll have to. I have also been wanting to try and bake with white beans since I heard about it but I didn't know how. Two new things for us to try - Thanks!

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  2. I usually 1/2 this recipe, and we prefer the red sauce. The cheese sauce is a bit much for us.

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