Gnocci

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 large baking potatoes
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• 2 tablespoons dried basil
• 2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 14 ounces tomato sauce

Recipe

• 1 1. preheat the oven to 400 degrees. scrub the potatoes and poke all over with a fork. place on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour. remove the potatoes and peel the skin off. mash the potatoes in a bowl until there are as few lumps as possible.
• 2 2. in another bowl, add the flour and seasonings, mix, and make a well in the center. add the potatoes and slowly mix together to form a smooth dough. add more flour if needed.
• 3 3. dust a work surface with more flour, take sections of the dough, and roll out into a ½ inch thick rope. cut the rope into ¾ inch long pieces. take each piece and pinch the ends to form an oval ball, and roll with the tines of a fork to get a striped design on one side.
• 4 4. in batches, drop the gnocchi into heavily salted boiling water and scoop out with a slotted spoon after they rise to the surface. keep warm in a bowl in the oven.
• 5 5. meanwhile, heat the tomato sauce.
• 6 6. pour the sauce over the gnocchi, toss and serve.