#1915 - Homemade Gnocchi

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 beaten eggs
a pinch of salt
2 to 3 cups flour
2 1/2 cups homemade mashed potatoes

In a bowl add beaten eggs, salt and mashed potatoes--mix with a spoon. Slowly add flour a little at a time--stir until a firm dough ball forms. Lightly flour your counter. Rip off a piece of dough and form it into the shape of a cigar. Repeat making cigar shapes with all of the dough. Cut each cigar-shaped dough into 1/2" pieces. Use a pot filled 3/4 full with water--bring water to a boil. Drop dough pieces into the boiling water--cook them until they float to the top. Put a sheet of Saran wrap on a cookie sheet. Once dough pieces start to float, use a slotted spoon to place finished gnocchi pieces on Saran wrap. In a pot add a jar of your favorite pasta sauce--heat until hot. Add finished gnocchi pieces--heat until hot. Place in serving dishes and serve with Parmesan cheese.