Spinach and ricotta gnocchi

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4 servings Prep: 25 mins, Cooking: 10 mins
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By Food24 March 17 2016
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Ingredients (8)

500 g spinach — blanched, finely chopped
250 ml parmesan cheese — grated
250 ml flour — cake
500 g ricotta cheese
2.5 ml nutmeg — grated
salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
Sauce:
125 ml butter — melted
parmesan — shavings
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Method:

Method:
Place the spinach in a large mixing bowl and add half the Parmesan cheese and cake flour, followed by the ricotta cheese, egg yolks, nutmeg and salt and black pepper. Mix.

Cover your hands with cake flour and mould the mixture into sausages. Roll the sausages into the remaining cake flour and pieces. Gnocchi should be bite size.

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Add a few of the gnocchi at a time to the boiling water and cook them until they pop up and float on the surface – this means they are done. Remove the gnocchi with a slotted spoon. Drain and keep them warm while you cook the rest in the same way.

Spoon melted butter over the cooked gnocchi and sprinkle Parmesan shavings on top. Serve.

TIP:
Gnocchi can also be served with a more luxurious sauce. Make a three-cheese sauce by heating 500ml cream and boiling it till slightly reduced. Remove the cream from the heat, add 60ml each Provolone cheese, Gorgonzola cheese and Parmesan cheese and pour the sauce over the gnocchi. As an alternative, mix a tin of chopped tomatoes, 2 finely chopped garlic cloves, a chopped onion, 30ml olive oil and salt and black pepper and bring the mixture to the boil. Season with a little origanum and sugar and pour this sauce over the gnocchi.

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