Mashed Potato Gnocchi
This is a great way to use leftover mashed potatoes! Turn your leftovers into a delicious pasta!
Ingredients
- 2 cups cold mashed potatoes
- 1 cup flour
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- It is important to make sure your leftover mashed potatoes are thick and smooth. If they are too runny you won’t be able to form a workable dough.
- Dump half of your flour onto your work surface. Dump your mashed potatoes onto the flour. Form a well in the potatoes and pour your egg in it. Add salt. Pour half the remaining flour (1/2 a cup) on top. Work the egg, salt and flour into the potatoes using either your hands or a pastry scraper.
- Once everything is roughly incorporated, gently knead the dough like you would pasta for a couple of minutes. Do not over knead! If the dough is still too sticky to handle or roll out you’ll need more flour, add it in a tablespoon at a time. Too much flour and your dough will be tough and dense.
- Divide your dough into 4 workable pieces. Roll the dough out into a long rope, until it’s around 3/4 inches in diameter. Using your pastry cutter or a knife, cut the rope into 3/4 inch wide pieces.
- Now you have to decide how you want to shape your gnocchi. By pressing it with your thumb, or rolling it on a fork. To get the classic ribs on the gnocchi, roll each piece down the tines of a fork. It may take some trial and error, or you could also get a gnocchi board.
- Now they are ready to be used in any of your favorite gnocchi recipes. Just boil and toss in sauce or pan fry and make them nice and crispy!