Gnocchi Verdi di Patate

One way to make green gnocchi is to combine spinach and ricotta, as described in The Classic Italian Cook Book, page 200. In that recipe the spinach is sautéed with onion, butter, and mortadella. Another method, popular in Venice and particularly light and fresh, simply combines chopped, cooked spinach with basic potato gnocchi dough.

The choice of potatoes for the dough is critically important, just as it is in making pla