Category Archives: Pasta

A few weeks ago I was going for dinner and wine at my friend’s Malena beautiful terrace. Having such good weather those days, I could only think about eating a nice salad. I ran into Pão e Queij’s Blog and I found this beautiful and different gnocchi salad that I adapted and cooked for dinner. If you already have baked potatoes from the day before, it only takes 30 minutes. While the red bell pepper is roasting in the oven you start preparing the gnocchis and get together all the salad ingredients.

Ingredients. Serves 4.

• 500 grs de baked potatoes
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 1 red bell-pepper
• 1 can artichokes
• 1/2 cup dried tomatoes
• 2 salad tomatoes
• 1/4 cup of basil
• 2 white sweet onions
• 2 tablespoons of green onions
• salt, freshly ground pepper, nutmeg and oregano

For the vinaigrette:

• 1 ripe tomato for grating
• red wine vinegar
• extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lime
• oregano
• 1 finely chopped garlic clove
• salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation.

Lets start with the roasted red peppers:

1. Preheat the oven to 210ºC.
2. Roast the pepper cut in half facing downwards with some olive oil for 25 minutes aproximately.

While the peppers are roasting we will prepare the Gnocchis:

1. Boil water with some salt and olive oil.
2. Place the flour over a working surface.
3. Peel the potatoes and purée them over the flour.
4. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg.
5. Make a hole in the middle and break the egg.
6. Knead until the dough is not so humid but remains soft. You can add some more flour if you think it’s necessary. Do not overwork or the gnocchi will be heavy.