WHEN GNOCCHI

gnocchixk5The gnocchi recipe has just three ingredients – boiled potatoes combined with a minimal amount of flour (too much flour and your gnocchi are going to be heavy), and a bit of salt. You need 1kg potatoes, salt, 250 g plain flour and nutmeg. Place potatoes in a saucepan of cold water. Bring to boil over high heat. Reduce to low. Cook for 30 minutes or until soft when pierced with a skewer. Let the potatoes cool, then peel with a small knife. Mash the potatoes until they are just smooth, then press one-quarter of potato through a sieve into a bowl. Add salt. Add flour. Mix to form a slightly sticky dough. If it’s too sticky, add a little more flour, but only a tablespoon at a time. Too much makes the dough heavy. Dust a pastry board with flour. Cut dough into portions. Roll each portion on a lightly floured surface to a 2cm-thick. Use a lightly floured knife to cut into 2cm pieces.  Bring a large shallow saucepan of water to the boil. Add one-quarter of the gnocchi. When they rise to the surface – after about 2-3 minutes – they’re ready. Use a slotted spoon to transfer them. You can also add a egg or fecola to the dough if you want.

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PIZZA DOUGH

The pizza dough is a basic preparation made from flour, water, yeast, oil and salt which you will need to make all the pizza you want, as thin as a pizza or higher, such as cutting. The processing of the dough for pizza, it will not take a lot of time and, if you follow the precautions as described in the recipe, you can dough is elastic, smooth and well risen. Remember to start preparing the dough for pizza at least a couple of hours before baking the pizzas, so as to allow a good leavening.