How Do You Make Homemade Italian Ricotta Cheese Gnocchis?
• Mix together in a large bowl, mix 1 pound of ricotta cheese with 1 slightly beaten egg and l teaspoon salt. Add flour and work mixture with your hands until a soft dough is formed. If your fingers are sticky, add some more flour to your hands. • Turn the dough onto a floured board and knead lightly until the dough becomes smooth and firm. Keep flouring hands until the dough is comfortable to handle. • Break off pieces of the dough and roll the pieces with the palm of your hand until they form a long rope about 10 inches long and about as thick as a double pencil. • Cut each rope into 1/2 inch pieces. And here is the tricky part. My mother-in-law can do this with her fingers but you might need to use a fork to lightly press an indentation in the dough piece and curl it slightly. • Continue until all the gnocchi dough is used. • Lay each gnocchi on waxed paper on a cookie sheet or flat pan that will fit in your freezer. Add a slight dusting of flour on the waxed paper and keep them sep
• Mix together in a large bowl, mix 1 pound of ricotta cheese with 1 slightly beaten egg and l teaspoon salt. Add flour and work mixture with your hands until a soft dough is formed. If your fingers are sticky, add some more flour to your hands. • Turn the dough onto a floured board and knead lightly until the dough becomes smooth and firm. Keep flouring hands until the dough is comfortable to handle. • Break off pieces of the dough and roll the pieces with the palm of your hand until they form a long rope about 10 inches long and about as thick as a double pencil. • Cut each rope into 1/2 inch pieces. And here is the tricky part. My mother-in-law can do this with her fingers but you might need to use a fork to lightly press an indentation in the dough piece and curl it slightly. • Continue until all the gnocchi dough is used. • Lay each gnocchi on waxed paper on a cookie sheet or flat pan that will fit in your freezer. Add a slight dusting of flour on the waxed paper and keep them sep
