Making Homemade Gnocchi Is Easier Than You'd Ever Believe

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00:00 Hey, it's McKenzie in the Delish Kitchen studios

00:02 and I'm making homemade gnocchi

00:04 that is so much better than anything you could find

00:06 in a grocery store.

00:07 If you've ever wanted to make homemade pasta before,

00:09 gnocchi is where I would start.

00:11 It's almost impossible to mess up

00:13 and you most likely already have

00:14 all the ingredients on hand.

00:15 For gnocchi, I like using russet potatoes

00:22 because they are really, really starchy,

00:24 which just gives you a great end result.

00:26 I also like to roast my potatoes

00:28 rather than boil them for the gnocchi.

00:30 Boiling them typically just makes them a little more watery,

00:33 which means you need more flour to make it,

00:35 and I think you get a better result with roasting,

00:37 but if you absolutely must boil them

00:39 because it is a little bit quicker,

00:41 keep them whole and boil them that way.

00:44 After you've washed your potatoes well,

00:45 poke them all over with a fork

00:47 to let steam escape while they're roasting.

00:49 You don't need to worry about wrapping these in foil

00:51 or anything like that.

00:52 You can place these directly on the rack in your oven

00:54 and bake these at 400 degrees for about an hour

00:57 until a knife inserted into the middle goes in easily.

01:01 Once your potatoes come out of the oven,

01:02 let them cool down until you can safely hold them

01:04 in your hand and handle them easily,

01:07 and then cut them open,

01:08 scoop out all of the insides into a bowl.

01:11 You can get rid of the skins.

01:12 We don't need them.

01:14 And then run your potatoes through a ricer.

01:16 If you don't have a ricer or you've never used one,

01:19 I love them for using them on potatoes.

01:21 They make the best mashed potatoes.

01:24 It's how you can get really smooth, light,

01:26 fluffy mashed potatoes.

01:28 Now that all of your potatoes are riced,

01:30 add in your eggs, flour, and salt,

01:33 and mix that just until a dough forms.

01:35 Once your dough starts to form together

01:37 and it starts forming clumps

01:39 and can stick together easily,

01:40 that's when you wanna dump it out onto the counter

01:42 and finish kneading it into one smooth ball.

01:44 At this point, you might be tempted to add more flour in,

01:47 but really see if you can get away

01:49 with not adding any extra.

01:51 The more flour you add, the tougher your gnocchi turns out,

01:54 and obviously the less flour you have,

01:56 the softer it will be,

01:57 and we want really soft, fluffy gnocchi.

01:59 Once your dough comes together,

02:01 it's time to shape our gnocchi.

02:02 So divide your dough into four equal pieces,

02:05 and then working just one at a time

02:06 to make it a little easier,

02:08 roll out each piece to be about a half of an inch thick

02:10 into a long rope,

02:12 and then cut individual pieces of gnocchi

02:14 about one inch long.

02:15 After you've cut all of your gnocchi pieces,

02:17 roll them in semolina flour on a sheet tray,

02:20 and then to get those really iconic ridges of a gnocchi,

02:23 we're gonna roll one on the back of a fork.

02:25 After you've rolled all of your gnocchi,

02:27 bring a pot of salted water to a boil,

02:30 place in your gnocchi just in batches,

02:31 and cook it off for about two to three minutes

02:33 until they start to float to the top.

02:35 They should look puffy and a little bit swollen,

02:37 just like a dumpling.

02:39 Once your gnocchi is done boiling,

02:40 add it directly into whatever sauce you wanna serve it with,

02:43 like a pesto or a marinara.

02:44 We made a really easy brown butter sauce for it.

02:47 Oh my gosh.

02:52 It's so soft and pillowy,

02:54 just like a fluffy dumpling.

02:56 These are so incredible.

02:58 They're perfectly al dente

03:00 with just like a little bit of a chew to it.

03:02 I even cannot believe how easy this gnocchi is to make.

03:05 Other than like roasting your potatoes,

03:06 you have fresh pasta made in like under about 40 minutes.

03:10 It's incredible.

03:10 It's so easy.

03:11 It's a great way to show off and make homemade pasta.

03:14 Who would have thought you could do it?

03:16 But we know you can.

03:17 Once you have this homemade gnocchi down,

03:19 we have so many other recipes that use gnocchi in it,

03:21 so stick around at delish.com to find them.

03:23 (upbeat music)

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