Gnocchi di Patate By Giovanni Federico
We ask the city’s home chefs, bartenders, food bloggers and gourmands to share
their favourite recipes. This week, Giovanni Federico, chef and owner of Don Giovanni, tells us how to prepare gnocchi di patate (potato gnocchi).
INGREDIENTS FOR GNOCCHI (Serves 5)
• 300 grams potatoes
• 250 grams flour
• 2 teaspoons of salt
METHOD
• Boil the potatoes, and then put them in cold water. Drain the water and then peel and mash the potatoes.
• Mix the potatoes with the flour and work the mixture into a dough. Make long rolls of the dough. Cut into lengths of approximately 1.5 cms each.
• Make these into small balls. Flatten the balls with the back of a fork.
• The gnocchi is now ready to be cooked. In a separate pot, boil water with salt. When the water boils, put the gnocchi in and cook until the gnocchi starts floating. Then drain the water and set the gnocchi aside.
INGREDIENTS FOR TOMATO SAUCE
• 4 to 5 medium-sized tomatoes, peeled and cut into halves
• 2 pods of garlic
• A dash of olive oil
• A few basil leaves, chopped
• 2 tablespoons of grated Parmesan
• Salt to taste
METHOD
• Fry the garlic in olive oil in a pan until slightly brown. Remove the garlic and put the tomatoes in the same pan.
• Cover the pan and let the tomatoes cook. From time to time, mash the tomatoes until a thick sauce is ready.
• Put in the chopped basil leaves and salt and stir for a minute before taking the pan off the flame.
PLATING
• Mix the cooked gnocchi with the tomato sauce and serve it with grated Parmesan cheese.
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What happens to the garlic removed from the olive oil before adding the tomatoes ? Is it added later on sometime or discarded ?
The garlic can be left in if you don’t mind eating it.
Some people don’t like eating pcs of garlic hence advisable to take it out.
We prefer to discard it.
Thanks for the clarification.
Love Don Giovanni’s but this recipe seems a bit flawed – 250 g flour was WAY too much when i tried it. I had to add in more potato. Also 2 PODS of garlic? Do you mean cloves or pods? Wouldn’t 2 entire pods be too much?
Dear Nishant,
You are right – it is not 2 pods but indeed 2 cloves.
For the flour, no its not too much. That is the proportion we use. The quantity may need to be changed as it depends on the quality of potatoes. New potatoes are generally creamier and softer in which case you need to use less potatoes and vice versa.