Ingredients

700 g	potatoes
2	egg yolks
1/2 cup	parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp	ground nutmeg
	rock salt
1 cup	plain flour

Equipment

• Oven

Method

1. preheat oven to 250C
2. spread tray with salt and place potatoes on top
3. bake 30-40 minutes or until tender
4. remove from oven and allow to cool
5. remove skins and put warm potato in a bowl
6. mash then mix in egg
7. grate cheese and add to potato
8. add nutmeg and a pinch of salt and mix together
9. turn out onto a floured surface and kneed lightly
10. separate into 4 pieces and roll into long snakes
11. cut snakes into 2cm pieces pinching each slightly to make a squashed pillow shape
12. set aside on a tray and cover with a tea towel, cook just before serving
13. fill a pot with water, bring to boil, add salt then cook gnocci in 2-3 batches for approximately 2 minutes for each batch, remove with a slotted spoon and drain
14. transfer gnocci to sauce and serve immediately

Notes

Goes really well with capsicum sauce, white cheese sauce or any other simple pasta sauce

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