Sweet Potato and Feta Gnocchi
"These are very tasty in your favorite sauce or seared in herb butter. I got the idea for these because I had doubled the recipe for Chef Kate's "Recipe#210595"# 210595.I used up all the wrappers and had filling left over. Well waste not want not.
I made up this recipe from the left over filling and everyone loved it."
photo by catalina602
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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30-36 gnocchi
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled, cut into 8 pieces
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons reduced-fat feta cheese, crumbles
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 cups unbleached flour, divided (1/2 cup for rolling gnocchi)
directions
- In a microwave safe dish put sweet potato and add a little water. Cook on high until potato is soft about 10 minutes ( depends on size of potato and your microwave).
- Finely dice onion and sauté over medium heat until it just starts to brown.
- In a large pot bring 2 quarts of water to boil .
- When potato is ready let cool slightly, (until cool enough to handle ) spoon the flesh into a bowl.
- Add salt and pepper and mash.
- Fold in feta, onion and egg and mix well.
- Add 1 12 cups flour to the mixture until incorporated. This makes a very soft dough.
- Pour about a ½ cup of flour on a plate or a clean dry surface. I used a teaspoon to take the dough out of the bowl and then dredge the dough in the flour.
- Shake off the excess flour and place on a clean tea towel.
- Repeat until the dough is finished.
- Add about 12 pieces at a time to the boiling water.
- When gnocchi floats to the top cook another 3 minutes then remove with a slotted spoon to a colander.
- Repeat until all the gnocchi are cooked.
- You can now brown these in an herb butter or just top with your favourite sauce.
- Enjoy.
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Reviews
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I made a thick white sauce with fresh sage and lemon rind to go along with it, which worked out wonderfully. I also added 2 tbsp of brown sugar to the gnocchi dough -
These were excellent! I didn't have any feta so I used cheddar cheese instead. Thanks. -
I have never in my life made or ate gnocchi before and I was a little apprehensive about trying it... but, I must say this is the best! I made it by hand, although next time I would put it in the stand mixer to combine. Instructions were very well written and the taste was wonderful, of course, I do love sweet potatoes, onions and feta!! I could not distinguish the feta, so next time I might just leave it out to cut calories. Also, I did use 1/2 cup of wheat flour to contribute a little more fiber to this dish. I served with a side of steamed broccoli and topped it off with marinara sauce.... actually DS just dipped his gnocchi's right into the sauce which he thought was very cool - also his first time trying gnocchi! Thanks for sharing this super recipe! Made for Please Review My Recipe game.
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So delicious! Everybody loved them and they are very filling too! I used two previously baked sweet potatoes, two eggs, one block of feta and followed the rest of the recipe as written. I transferred the gnocchi from the boiling water straight into a frying pan with butter and freshly chopped herbs from the garden. It did take me two hours to make them but it was well worth the effort, it was my first time making gnocchi from scratch and I will definitely be making them again! -
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Wonderfully clear instructions and a delicious recipe! I made a couple of additions: I added 2 cloves of minced garlic to the onion (also minced) and when adding the the feta, onion and egg in step 6, simply because I had some in the fridge (because I love them), I also added some finely chopped baby spinach leaves which had been wilted in boiling water before being chopped: amazing how they shrink down on cooking. Then because I'd added spinach, I added a pinch of nutmeg. I loved the idea of serving the gnocchi in a herbed butter sauce, until I checked out the fat content. So we ate these with *Pamela*'s Mushroom Sauce for Meatballs Recipe #121093, which I've always loved. Thanks for sharing a super recipe, Marlitt. Made for Zaar Stars Tag.
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These were excellent! I didn't have any feta so I used cheddar cheese instead. Thanks.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Marlitt
Toronto, 0
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