Dairy Free Homemade Gnocchi Food

DAIRY FREE HOMEMADE GNOCCHI

Steps:

• 1. Boil potato and mash, then set aside until slightly cooled.
• 2. In a mixing bowl combine mashed potatoes with salt and eggs and mix until creamy.
• 3. Add oil and the non dairy cream cheese, non dairy sour cream and the non dairy cheese. Mix until just blended.
• 4. Add flour and continue mixing until just blended.
• 5. Move mixture to counter and kneed until smooth. (I like to put parchment paper down and kneed it on there).
• 6. Shape dough to a rectangle shape, about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into 1/2 strips lengthwise. Roll each strip with your hands just slightly. Cut into about 1/2 " to 1 " pieces.
• 7. For each piece make an impression with your thumb, then lightly dust with flour. Turn over and lightly dust with flour. (This recipe makes about 100 gnocchi and we found that 1/3 of the recipe was more than enough for 2 of us. I flash froze the remaining pieces, laying them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment, and placing them in the freezer for about 30 minutes. When they felt like they were hardening I placed them into two freezer bags for later use and put them back in the freezer.).
• 8. Drop the pieces into boiling salted water and cook until they begin to rise to the top of the surface.
• 9. Drain and serve with plain spaghetti sauce, pesto, a non-dairy alfredo sauce or whatever you'd like.

GLUTEN FREE GNOCCHI

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes and slice them into squares and place them into boiling water. Cook them until just softened. Drain them and mash them well. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes.
• Mix the potatoes with the rest of the ingredients well. Refridgerate for at least 2 hours.
• Dust the dough with rice flour to keep it from sticking as you work with it.
• Separate the dough into 4 - 6 pieces. Make these into twisty tie pieces that have a diameter of 1/2 inch. Slice them into 1/2 inch long chunks.
• In a large pot with salted water. Boil the gnocchi for about 5 minutes and they rise to the surface of the water and are softened.
• With a slotted spoon, take the cooked gnocchi after they've come to the surface and jiggle them to get rid of extra water. Serve these up with warm or melted butter or tomato sauce.

HOMEMADE GNOCCHI

Steps:

• Boil potato and mash.
• Combine potato with eggs and salt and whip until fluffy.
• Add ricotta cheese, butter, Romano cheese and flour.
• Knead until smooth.
• Shape into 1/2" rolls and cut into 1" lengths.
• Make impression with thumb in each piece, then lightly dust with flour.
• Drop into boiling salted water and cook only until they rise to the surface.
• Drain and serve with tomato sauce and grated cheese.
• Note: Before cooking, gnocchi may be flash frozen on a cookie sheet, then place in plastic bag in freezer.