By Anthony Latella
I can't remember the last Sunday where I didn't sit around a table with my family and enjoy a nice plate of gnocchis. Everyone knows that Italians love their pasta, and in my family, the pasta is gnocchis. On Sundays, our family fathers together to enjoy this delicious home-cooked meal. It brings us close together at least once a week when we can take the time to sit and share with each other the highlights and hardships of our week. To some else, gnocchi might just be another type of food, but to my family, it is a food that not only brings us together, but also allows us to enjoy one another's company and appreciate the people we have in our lives. It is a tradition that originated in my grandparents' hometown of San Bartolommeo, and has stayed with the family ever since. Our family has grown in number over the years, but we never seem to run out of gnocchi for everyone, because not only is eating them a family tradition, but make them is as well. Every couple of months, we get together as a family and for a few hours, we sit around a table and we cooperatively make the gnocchi. We talk and laugh and before you know it, we'll have made enough gnocchis to last us months. We also get together and make the tomato sauce once a year, usually around the fall when the tomatoes are in season, and we make enough sauce to get us through the year.
I can't remember the last Sunday where I didn't sit around a table with my family and enjoy a nice plate of gnocchis. Everyone knows that Italians love their pasta, and in my family, the pasta is gnocchis. On Sundays, our family fathers together to enjoy this delicious home-cooked meal. It brings us close together at least once a week when we can take the time to sit and share with each other the highlights and hardships of our week. To some else, gnocchi might just be another type of food, but to my family, it is a food that not only brings us together, but also allows us to enjoy one another's company and appreciate the people we have in our lives. It is a tradition that originated in my grandparents' hometown of San Bartolommeo, and has stayed with the family ever since. Our family has grown in number over the years, but we never seem to run out of gnocchi for everyone, because not only is eating them a family tradition, but make them is as well. Every couple of months, we get together as a family and for a few hours, we sit around a table and we cooperatively make the gnocchi. We talk and laugh and before you know it, we'll have made enough gnocchis to last us months. We also get together and make the tomato sauce once a year, usually around the fall when the tomatoes are in season, and we make enough sauce to get us through the year.
Recipe
Ingredients
– 2½ lbs potatoes
– 2 cups flour
– 2 oz butter
– 2 egg yolks
– 1 tsp rock salt
– 1 tsp salt
Procedure
– 2½ lbs potatoes
– 2 cups flour
– 2 oz butter
– 2 egg yolks
– 1 tsp rock salt
– 1 tsp salt
Procedure
- Clean the potatoes and place them in a pot of boiling water. Cook at medium-low heat. Once cooked, place them in a dry pot after draining and let them dry well.
- Pound the potatoes until you get a puree and add egg yolks, salt, and enough flour to make a smooth paste.
- Stir the mixture before adding butter. Continue to blend the mixture for a few minutes using your hands.
- Prepare a table with flour to work on.
- Take the mixture and roll it into a cylinder form. Cut the cylinder into many small sections, roughly 2 centimetres long.
- Add the freshly cut gnocchis into a pot of boiling water and cook at medium heat until they expand.
- Add tomato sauce to the fresh gnocchi.
Once these ten simple steps have been completed, you should have a delicious meal of
gnocchis, ready to be eaten. Great food, a loving family, and a hungry stomach―looks
like you're all set for Sunday lunch at Nonna's. :) Buon appetito!
Photo source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gnocchi_di_ricotta_.jpg
gnocchis, ready to be eaten. Great food, a loving family, and a hungry stomach―looks
like you're all set for Sunday lunch at Nonna's. :) Buon appetito!
Photo source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gnocchi_di_ricotta_.jpg
