Ginger Sweet Potato Gnocci Recipe

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Ginger Sweet Potato Gnocci
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Ingredients
11
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Nutrition
793
Calories
Total time
120
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 egg
  • 1 medium onion
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 pint heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 3-4 tbsp flour

Directions:

  1. Start by cutting your sweet potatoes in half lengthwise. You're looking for mostly-same-size pieces so they cook evenly.
  2. Oil up a cookie sheet, oil the taters, and put them cut-side down on the sheet.
  3. Put them in a 350 degree oven for 20-40 minutes.
  4. They should be fork-smooshy, which is beyond fork tender.
  5. At that level of doneness, the skin of the sweet potato will generally just slough off as single piece.
  6. Mash them well. and make sure there are no fibrous bits.
  7. Making the gnocchi.
  8. You want about a 1:1 ratio sweet potato and flour.
  9. Mash together until it's mostly incorporated.
  10. Then add one egg.
  11. You may need to add another egg, but don't do so immediately. It's surprising how little you really need.
  12. Now would be a good time to add ginger as well, then mix thoroughly.
  13. Use of hands is strongly recommended for this.
  14. Gnocchi dough is something you need to get a feel for and hand-mixing is the easiest way to do so.
  15. You want the dough to end up fairly soft and slightly sticky.
  16. I used a microplane to grind a thumb-sized chunk of ginger into a fine paste, then mixed it in by hand.
  17. Once you are happy with the dough, cut it into four pieces and throw down some bench flour.
  18. Use those old play-doh skills to make a long, thinnish snake of dough.
  19. Slice the snake into small pieces. Each of these will be a gnocchi, so shoot for similar sizes.
  20. Pick up a piece of dough and roll it around in your hands until it's round to oblong. Then place a fork on the gnocchi and roll the fork over it, leaving an impression of the tines.
  21. Repeat until you have a pan full of raw gnocchi.
  22. Drop the gnocchi into a pot of boiling water, a few at a time.use slottted sppoon to removel them a few seconds after they start to float.
  23. SAUCE
  24. Slice an onion in your preferred manner.
  25. Put into a large saute pan, salt, and sweat very slowly.
  26. Thinly slice three cloves of garlic.
  27. Once the onions have browned nicely, add the garlic.
  28. Cook until the garlic browns nicely.
  29. Start a roux with the butter and flour.
  30. Just melt the butter, whisk in the flour until smooth, and let brown slightly.
  31. In a separate saucepan, heat the cream.
  32. Stir frequently.
  33. Once the cream is barely boiling, add the roux.
  34. Heat until thickened, then add the onion/garlic mixture.
  35. You now a have great garlic cream sauce.
  36. Serve gnocchi with sauce.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 792.64 Kcal (3319 kJ)
Calories from fat 700.35 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 77.82g 120%
Cholesterol 312.78mg 104%
Sodium 328.69mg 14%
Potassium 230.85mg 5%
Total Carbs 20.08g 7%
Sugars 1.5g 6%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Protein 7.2g 14%
Vitamin C 5.1mg 8%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 1mg 6%
Calcium 162.1mg 16%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 317.94 Kcal (1331 kJ)
Calories from fat 280.92 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31.21g 120%
Cholesterol 125.46mg 104%
Sodium 131.84mg 14%
Potassium 92.6mg 5%
Total Carbs 8.05g 7%
Sugars 0.6g 6%
Dietary Fiber 0.8g 8%
Protein 2.89g 14%
Vitamin C 2mg 8%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 6%
Iron 0.4mg 6%
Calcium 65mg 16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 21.9
    Points
  • 23
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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