Recipe - Potato Gnocchi (No Eggs)

18 ounce Potatoes; (3 potatoes)
3 One half cup Flour
3 tablespoon Olive oil

Peel potatoes and cut into cubes; cover with water to depth of 2 inches and
cook until tender.

On a bread board or a smooth surface, dump out flour and make a well in the
center. Pick potatoes out of boiling water and drop into well. Add the
olive oil and mash potatoes into the flour, adding a little of the potato
water at a time; work in all the potatoes and dough is soft and pliable.
Add a little more flour, if needed. Cover dough with a bowl and let rest
for 30 minutes. Take pieces of dough and roll into rope. Cut into pieces
One half inch long. Press each piece with two fingers to cause the dough to roll
up. Let rest until ready to cook in kettle of bolung salted water until
gnocchi rise to top. They will be transparent when cut in half. Drain in
colander and layer in a large bowl with marinara sauce, grated Romana
cheese and cracked black pepper.

From Cook and Tell by Liz Caesar, 18Feb98, Riverside PressEnterprise.
Topic: Gnocchi (pronouced nokey or yokey, Italian, for dumplings). An
excellent side dish. another McBust from Pat Hanneman (kitpath)

Notes: F. Spawn of Banning wrote, "Being Italian, I learned at 9 years old
to make potato gnocchi from my mother, a great Italian cook." Fran believes
adding eggs make gnocchi heavy. This is her recipe for gnocchi made with
potatoes, flour and a little olive oil.

Recipe by: PressEnterprise (1998) Riverside, CA

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Feb 18,
1998