If you have leftover mashed potatoes, try making them into delicious potato dumplings known as gnocchi! I’ve tried gnocchi before, but I often find the dough is very sticky and hard to work with, and I inevitably need to use more flour, which can make the gnocchi heavy and chewy. I think maybe the problem was that I used mashed potatoes that had just been cooked. This time, I happened to have leftover mashed potatoes in my fridge, so I tried making gnocchi with it and it worked so much better! I didn’t need nearly as much flour, and the resulting gnocchi were perfectly light and fluffy. My family loved them too. I topped them with a basic homemade meat sauce and a little parmesan cheese. Sorry the photo isn’t that great, it’s getting harder to get good shots now that the sun goes down so much earlier. {UPDATED with a slightly better photo!}. I often take a photo of leftovers the next day in the daylight, but this gnocchi didn’t last until the next day. We gobbled up every last bit of it that night. I know what I’ll be making with my leftover mashed potatoes from now on!
Ingredients
- 2 cups mashed potatoes
- 1 cup flour (approx)
- 1 egg
- dash of salt
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a large bowl until it forms a ball of dough. Add more flour if dough is sticky.
- Turn dough out onto a very well-floured surface and divide into 3 sections.
- Roll sections into long snakes with about a 3/4" diameter.
- Cut each snake into 1" pieces.
- Place them on a baking sheet dusted with flour.
- Take a fork and press down on the tops of each piece to create ridges (you can skip this step if you're short on time).
- Place gnocchi one at a time into a large pot of boiling water until they rise to the top. Remove from water and serve with your favourite pasta sauce.
https://foodwhine.com/2010/12/leftover-mashed-potato-gnocchi.html
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