When it comes to comfort food, nothing fills the gap more than a hearty gnocchi dish. Easy to whip up and tasty on the tongue, this flavoursome dish will be sure to impress your guests.
Serves: 4
What You’ll Need:
- Gnocchi
- 250g Cooked Organic potatoes (2 large Floury Potatoes cooked in the skin)
- 65g Flour
- 1 pinch Sea Salt
- 1pinch white pepper
- 1tbsp Fennel Fronds chopped finely
- 1tsp Fennel seed
Sauce
- 100ml organic Milk
- 100ml organic Double Cream
- 2tbsp Grated organic horseradish root or bottled
- Salt and Pepper to taste
What To Do:
- Mix the hot potato without the skins to smooth then knead in the flour and chopped fennel
- Season lightly with salt and pepper
- Divide mix into two and roll out to a thick sausage about 2cm wide
- Use a sharp knife to cut bite size pieces
- Bring a pan of salted water to boil
- Place the gnocchi in to cook
- When it floats to the top it is ready
- Scoop out with a slotted spoon and refresh in ice cold water and drain if you are not serving immediately
- Heat a non-stick pan and drizzle with a little oil, pan fry the gnocchi to crispy or golden brown, add fennel seeds and cook for 1 minute
- Serve immediately with some wilted thinly sliced fennel tossed in a
- little oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper (or fennel leftover from lemon chicken with fennel dish)
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To make the sauce:
- Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to boil, cover and leave warm until ready to serve. Blitz with a hand blender or whisk together before serving.