Potatoes Gnocchi (Nonna's recipe!)

Potato Gnocchi

Ingredients

• 4 potatoes
• Flour 1 cup (you might need more)
• Butter 1 Tbsp  
• Salt 1 Tbsp 
• Nutmeg (optional)

1. Put potatoes with the skin in a pot with cold salty water
2. Bring to boil and cooked until soft
3. Peel the potatoes
4. Mash the potatoes with a good potato masher
5. Add the butter, flour and the salt , do not overwork...
6. Cut the dough in 3 pieces, roll each in order to form a string 1.5 cm thick
7. Cut the strings with a sharp knife to form dowels; you can choose the dimension of your gnocchi.
8. Boil until floats.

Tips:

-After cook the potatoes, let the potatoes to

cool down without add any water on top!

-Work with the potatoes while the potatoes are still warm.
-After you cut the gnocchi DO NOT pile up or they will stick together!

-Use the best potatoes you can find. (In Italy, use patate gialle, in USA Yukan Gold Potatoes)

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