Roasted Acorn Squash Gnocchi
- 1 whole Medium Russet Potato
- 1/2 whole Acorn Squash
- 3 whole Egg Yolks
- 1 whole Egg
- 2 cups Flour
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roast your potato and your acorn squash until the flesh is tender, about 40 minutes (my potato took longer than the squash).
- I punctured the potato and the acorn squash was roasted flesh side up, you can add a little olive oil if you want to keep it from drying out as it roasts.
- Set these aside to cool 1015 minutes once removed from the oven.
- Next, use a potato ricer or a box grater and grate your squash and potato into a large mixing bowl (I used a box grater as I do not have a potato ricer, but the texture from a ricer is much smoother in the end product).
- Separate your egg yolks and mix them together with your whole egg.
- Add this to your squash/potato mixture.
- Add about 1 1/4 cups of flour and mix your dough well, adding more flour as needed (the final dough should be firm, not sticky).
- Heat a large pot of water to boiling.
- To form the gnocchi, I separated my dough into 4 or 5 smaller balls.
- Roll each one into a large snake and cut pieces about 1 inch in length.
- Roll each piece along the back of a fork to give your gnocci grooves for your sauce (there will also be a nice thumb dent in the back for more yummy sauce!
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- Boil your gnocci in batches.
- It is done when it floats to the surface.
- I use a straining spoon to get mine out so the water never stops boiling between batches.
acorn squash, egg yolks, egg, flour
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/roasted-acorn-squash-gnocchi/ (may not work)