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Steph from Stephfood was our Daring Cooks' July hostess. Steph challenged us to make homemade noodles without the help of a motorized pasta machine. She provided us with recipes for Spätzle and Fresh Egg Pasta as well as a few delicious sauces to pair our noodles with!
BACON & FRESH SAGE SWEET POTATO GNOCCHI
2 cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1 large egg
2 1/2 cups flour, plus additional for dusting
6 slices bacon, cut into thin strips
1 tblsp unsalted butter
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp coursely ground black pepper
2 cups chicken stock
1 tblsp fresh sage, chopped
1 tblsp cornstarch dissolved in 1 tblsp cold water
Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper and set aside.
Combine potatoes, ricotta and egg in large mixing bowl.
Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing with your hands until a soft dough forms.
Transfer dough to well floured surface and knead 6 to 8 times until it becomes firm, sprinkling with flour as needed. Cut dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece into 20 inch logs. Cut each log into 1/2-inch to 1-inch pieces.
Bring 5 qts or water to a boil in a large (8-qt) stockpot over medium-high heat.
Meanwhile, cook bacon in skillet over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp. remove from skillet and drain on paper towel.
Add gnocchi to stockpot and immediately stir gently one time. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, or until gnocchi float to the top. Transfer gnocchi from pot to sheet pan [you your "spider" tool or large slotted spoon].
Melt butter in skillet [12-in] over medium heat. Add gnocchi; sprinkle with s&p. Cook 8 to 10 minutes or until browned, turning occasionally. Transfer gnocchi to same sheet pan and keep warm.
Add stock, sage and bacon to skillet you just used. Bring to a simmer and whisk in cornstarch mixture. Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce is thickened.
Serve gnocchi with sauce and fresh garden salad.
This salad is fresh from my garden! Delicious!
13 comments:
What a beautiful looking dish. I love everything about it - sweet potato, cheese, bacon, sage. Yum.
I love the idea of sweet potato gnocchi! How yummy!
I am so jealous of your fresh-from-the-garden salad!! But that is beside the point... :) Your gnocchi look amazing, and the flavor combination of the sweet potatoes, ricotta, bacon and sage sounds so absolutely AMAZING!! Wonderful job!
Yum! looks great! Gj with the challenge!
I love sweet potatoes gnocchi and yours looks delicious! I'm loving the salad too.:)
Mmmmm,yummy. The idea of infusing the flavor of food from fresh herb is strongly welcoming to my kitchen, I like to use the fresh herbs alot, like your fresh salad too. Good job with this month challenge.
Great job with the challenge! I really like the flavour combination you used. It looks delicious!
That sounds so delicious! I'm away from home, and have only the sage in the fridge (from my spaetzle), but I want to run out and buy all the other ingredients to make this.
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YUM!
You really did a great job with the challenge. I love the way the gnocchi look, Carolyn. I suspect this is an idea I'll be borrowing in the fall. Have a wonderful weekend. Blessings...Mary
This gnochhi looks amazing! I was thinking of doing a gnocchi at first..a sweet potato one too, but then succumbed to ravioli :) Love the bacon and sage with it..mouth watering!
I remember trying this same kind of dish at Mama Hess's place. Delicious! And well done on the challenge!
This looks amazing! I want to try this, looks like a lot of work, but worth it. Love your blog!
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