Sweet Potato Gnocchi

Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sun Dried Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

For the Gnocchi:
3 Medium Sweet Potatoes
4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. salt

For the Sauce:
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup pine nuts
1 cup sun dried tomatoes in oil
1/4 cup olive oil
3 cloves garlic
3 Tbsp. nutritional yeast

Instructions:

For the Gnocchi:
1. Steam, bake, or boil the sweet potatoes whole until fork tender (about 30-45 min.)
2. Once cooled, remove the skin and mash sweet potatoes until very fine, mixing in the salt.
3. Put the flour down on a counter top and then the sweet potato mash and knead until a dough forms. Shape dough into a ball.
4. Cut dough ball into 8 pieces.
5. Roll each piece of dough into a sausage about 1 inch thick.
6. Cut the sausage roll into 1 inch pieces.
7. Roll each piece on a fork to create traditional gnocchi design.
8. Put gnocchi into boiling water and boil until floating.
9. Remove the gnocchi from the water and put into a preheated pan lightly coated with olive oil.
10. Add the sauce and a splash of the gnocchi cooking water. and 2 bunches of steamed asparagus and fresh parsley if desired.

*sauce recipe yields enough sauce for half the gnocchi. I recommend putting the other half of the gnocchi on a parchment lined sheet pan in the freezer until frozen and then transferring to a bag or container to store in the freezer. Sauce recipe with half the gnocchi recipe serves about 6 people*