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Homemade potato gnocchi

Name: Homemade potato gnocchi
Total time: 3 h
Ingredients: floury potatoes 1kg (such as Maris Piper); egg 1; ricotta 150g; tarragon a bunch, leaves picked and half chopped; 00 flour 200g, plus more for dusting; salted butter 150g

3 hours
serves 6-8
Easy

Making your own gnocchi from scratch is easier than you think. This is a comforting classic updated with ricotta and tarragon, and finished with a beurre noisette

Our rating

5.0

Published: April 27, 2021 at 7:00 am

Try this homemade potato gnocchi or check out our other gnocchi recipes such as our gnocchi bake, mushroom gnocchi and healthy gnocchi.

Ingredients

floury potatoes 1kg (such as Maris Piper)
egg 1
ricotta 150g
tarragon a bunch, leaves picked and half chopped
00 flour 200g, plus more for dusting
salted butter 150g

Method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 5. Prick the potatoes all over with a skewer (keep the skin on). Bake for 1-1½ hours, or until completely soft. Check the centres with a skewer to make sure they’re cooked all the way through – it should go through the centre easily. Allow the potatoes to cool enough to handle. Beat the egg, ricotta and the chopped tarragon together with some salt and pepper.
Step 2

Cut the cooled potatoes in half, and scoop the flesh out into a bowl.
Step 3

Put the potato flesh through a ricer, or push though a sieve with a wooden spoon.
Step 4

Beat the ricotta mix with the potato and season really well.
Step 5

Sift over the flour, and knead into the bowl to make a dough. Divide into 8 portions.
Step 6

Roll each portion out onto a floured work surface, to make a long thin sausage, then cut into 2.5cm pieces.
Step 7

Mark the gnocchi using the back of a fork, and round the corners off. Put onto a floured baking tray when done, and continue with the rest.
Step 8

Cook the gnocchi in a large pan of boiling salted water in batches. Cook for about 1 minute until they rise to the surface of the water, then strain into a colander. Allow to dry out for 30 seconds before tipping into warm bowls.
Step 9

Melt the butter and cook until it turns a golden, nutty brown, add the tarragon leaves for a minute then take off the heat and season with lots of black pepper and tip into a heatproof bowl to stop it cooking. Spoon over the cooked gnocchi and season with more black pepper, if you like.