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: 15 g (½ oz) unsalted butter; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons plain flour; pinch of ground nutmeg; 100 g (3¼ oz) ham, chopped; 250 ml (8 fl oz) milk; 50 g (1¾ oz) Gruyère cheese, grated; 65 g (2¼ oz) plain flour; 15 g (½ oz) Gruyère cheese, grated; 2 eggs, beaten

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

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