Valentina Harris

Gnocchi alla Romana

Semolina Gnocchi

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Classic Italian Cooking
Classic Italian Cooking

By Valentina Harris

Published 2008

  • About

Of all the various gnocchi recipes, this is the easiest to make as the gnocchi are simply cut out in disks rather than having to be shaped into their traditional curled and ribbed form. You can make this recipe more piquant by adding some thin slices of Gorgonzola between the layers.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups milk
  • 1⅔ cups semolina
  • 2 egg yolks

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Bring the milk to a boil in a large saucepan. Sprinkle in the semolina with one hand so that it falls like rain into the water and beat constantly with the other.
  2. Beat constantly to prevent lumps forming. Continue until the m