Crispy gnocchi with mushrooms and paprika butter
Need a wow that’s easy to make? Yummy mushrooms on crispy gnocchi make a spectacular winter dinner.
Image: Supplied
Serves 4
Ingredients:
For the gnocchi:
1kg floury potatoes, washed & dried
1 egg yolk
30g grated parmesan
Pinch ground nutmeg
1 tsp salt
100g flour, plus more for dusting
100g butter
500g portabellini mushrooms, sliced
2 tsp smoked sweet paprika
1 handful / small bunch fresh sage leaves
Juice of ½ lemon
100g sun-dried tomatoes, roughly chopped
½ cup crème fraîche
Parmesan shavings, to serve
Salt and pepper, to taste
Method:
Heat oven to 200˚C.
Place potatoes on a baking tray and prick them all over with a fork.
Bake for 1 hour or until very tender.
Slice potatoes in half lengthwise. Allow excess steam to escape.
When potatoes are cool enough to handle with a clean dish cloth, scoop the flesh out of the skins and pass through a potato ricer. If you don’t have one, simply mash them with a potato masher.
In a bowl combine the potato, egg yolk, parmesan, nutmeg and salt. Mix together with a fork.
Sprinkle the flour evenly over the potato mixture and very gently fold the mixture together using a spatula.
Turn dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Divide dough into 4.
Roll each piece into a 2-3cm thick rope. Cut the rope into 3cm pieces.
If you want to add the traditional little lines you can gently roll each piece down a wooden butter pat or the back of a fork.
Place finished gnocchi on a lightly floured baking tray. Repeat with the remaining dough.
Cook gnocchi in a pan of boiling salted water for 2 to 3 minutes – as soon as they float up to the surface they are cooked.
Heat a large frying pan and add about 2 Tbsp (30g) of the butter.
Add the mushrooms and cook until golden brown. Season.
Now add the rest of the butter and when sizzling add the paprika and sage.
Cook until fragrant and nutty.
Using a mesh spider or slotted spoon, drain the gnocchi and transfer directly to the pan and toss in the buttery mushrooms. Cook until the gnocchi start getting golden brown crispy bits on each side.
Add sun-dried tomatoes and finish with a good squeeze of lemon juice.
Season to taste.
Serve gnocchi onto plates swished with a little crème fraîche.
Finish with a few shavings of parmesan and serve.
For more information visit https://www.mushroominfo.co.za/all-recipes/
Image supplied by: The South African Mushroom Farmers’ Association
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