Herb ricotta gnocchi with tomato sauce

AUTHOR
Kerry Mosley
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 750 g mealy cooking
  • 7-10 Tbsp Potatoes
  • 100 g Parmesan (piece)
  • 1 collar (approx. 60 g) Wild garlic
  • 250 g Ricotta (Italian cream cheese)
  • 50 g + possibly 2-3 tbsp. potato flour
  • 60 g Common wheat semolina
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper, sugar
  • 2 Egg Yolk
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • 1 Onion, 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
  • 1 can(s) (850 ml) Tomatoes
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 3 Stem(s) Basil

Directions

  1. 1

    Cover the potatoes with their skins and cook for 20-25 minutes. Meanwhile grate half of the Parmesan finely. Wash the wild garlic, shake dry and chop coarsely. Puree ricotta and wild garlic.

  2. 2

    Drain, quench and peel the potatoes and immediately press them through a potato ricer or mash them very finely with a potato masher. Knead with 50 g potato flour, semolina, 1 teaspoon salt, grated parmesan, ricotta and egg yolk to a smooth dough.

  3. 3

    If the dough is very moist, knead in some more potato flour. Form gnocchi from the dough.

  4. 4

    Bring plenty of salted water to the boil in a wide saucepan. Add gnocchi in portions to the boiling water. Cook over medium heat for about 4 minutes until the gnocchi float on top. Lift out the finished gnocchi and let them drip off.

  5. 5

    Meanwhile, for the tomato sauce, peel and finely dice the onion. Heat the oil in a pot. Fry the onion in it. Add tomato paste and sauté briefly. Add tomatoes and juice and chop a little.

  6. 6

    Bring to the boil. Season with salt, pepper and 1 pinch of sugar. Simmer tomato sauce open for about 10 minutes.

  7. 7

    Heat butter in a large coated pan. Fry the gnocchi for 3-5 minutes while turning. Wash the basil, shake dry and remove the leaves. Arrange gnocchi and tomato sauce on plates, sprinkle with basil.

  8. 8

    Slice the rest of the Parmesan cheese over it.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
570 kcal
CARBS
56 g
FATS
26 g
PROTEINS
25 g