Parisian gnocchi

Name: Parisian gnocchi
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a first course
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 2 eggs, beaten; 100 g (3¼ oz) ham, chopped; 65 g (2¼ oz) plain flour; 50 g (1¾ oz) Gruyère cheese, grated; 250 ml (8 fl oz) milk; pinch of ground nutmeg; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 15 g (½ oz) unsalted butter; 15 g (½ oz) Gruyère cheese, grated

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a first course

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Pasta

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Gnocchi is Italian for dumpling and they are usually made with potatoes, flour or semolina. However, in this recipe they are formed from a kind of choux pastry, which makes them beautifully light.

Ingredients

Gnocchi Dough

pinch of ground nutmeg
30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter

Europe
Italy
Starter
Mediterranean
Pasta

Method

To make the gnocchi dough, add the nutmeg, butter, some salt and pepper and 125 ml (4 fl oz) water to a saucepan and bring to the boil. Sift the flour and mix in with a wooden spoon un