Sweet Potato Gnocchi Recipe - Happy Foods Tube (2024)

FAQs

Why is my sweet potato gnocchi mushy? ›

The most common reason for mushy sweet potato gnocchi is boiling it too long; once it's floated for 30 seconds, it should be promptly removed and drained well. Drain Off as Much Water as Possible.

Ingredients. Sweet Potatoes, Wheat Flour, Potatoes, Water, Butter (cream (milk)), Milk, Eggs, Sunflower Seed Oil, Grana Padano Cheese (milk, Salt, Animal Rennet, Lysozyme (enzyme From Egg White)), Sugar, Salt, Sage. Contains Wheat, Milk & Eggs.

Think crisp and golden-brown—not waterlogged and gummy.

Add flour. Mix to form a firm, 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.

Nutritional Value

Believe it or not, regular pasta is actually more carb-heavy than gnocchi, coming in at around 2 times the amount of carbs per serving. Gnocchi is also notorious for having a lot more sodium, with over 200 grams of it per serving. Regular pasta doesn't have nearly as high of a sodium content.

If the dough is too soft and floury, do not add more flour. More flour will transform your gnocchi dough into a cement brick! Instead, transfer your dough back onto the pastry board and continue to work the dough patiently until it dries out a little bit more.

Adding too much flour

While too much water will make your gnocchi sticky, the opposite isn't much better; too much flour will make them dense, dry, and flavorless. Part of the fun of making pasta (or pasta-adjacent dumplings like gnocchi) is to dump a bunch of flour on your counter and get your hands dirty.

I find baking potatoes to be dry and floury. My favorite potatoes for gnocchi are Yukon gold or other yellow potatoes. They have a rich, buttery flavor and a creamy, fluffy texture. Flour: A judicious amount of unbleached all-purpose flour helps to turn the potatoes into dough.

All you need to pick up at Trader Joe's is a bag of frozen sweet potato gnocchi, a package of sweet Italian chicken sausage, and a container of pesto. It's also well-suited to be tinkered with depending on what your Trader Joe's currently has in stock or simply what you're in the mood for.

Type 00 vs all-purpose vs bread flour

You need to do plenty of that for homemade pizza dough, but you don't want to do much kneading at all when making gnocchi. Italian type 00 flours like Caputo and Anna brands produce a great result. Make sure you're buying 00 labeled for pasta and not labeled for pizza making.

How to make gnocchi taste better? ›

So instead of boiling or baking a package of gnocchi on a Wednesday night and wishing it tasted more like the pillowy homemade version, I broil it. Yep, that's right: I rip open one of those shelf-stable packages, toss the gnocchi with a tablespoon of olive oil, a lot of grated Parmesan cheese and a little bit of salt.

Your gnocchi may be mushy because of any or all of the following reasons: boiled the potatoes instead of baked them. used waxy new potatoes with too much moisture in them. not used eggs to help texture.

Gnocchi can disintegrate for a few reasons. You might not have added enough flour or egg, or you may have overboiled them.

Indeed, resting your cut-and-shaped gnocchi prior to cooking helps individual gnocchi pieces keep their shape. If you add them to a pot of boiling water too soon, you risk the starch falling apart. All that effort to make homemade gnocchi could go, quite literally, down the drain.

It is very easy to add too much flour to gnocchi dough, which can make these dumplings glutinous, gummy, and sticky. If you dump all of the flour into your gnocchi dough at once, you won't have the same texture as a gnocchi that has just enough flour to bring it together.

Your gnocchi may be mushy because of any or all of the following reasons: boiled the potatoes instead of baked them. used waxy new potatoes with too much moisture in them. not used eggs to help texture.

It is very easy to add too much flour to gnocchi dough, which can make these dumplings glutinous, gummy, and sticky. If you dump all of the flour into your gnocchi dough at once, you won't have the same texture as a gnocchi that has just enough flour to bring it together.

First, use russet potatoes.

They're dry and fluffy and produce the lightest gnocchi. I also find that it's best to use a ricer instead of a masher to crush the cooked potatoes, because it keeps them aerated and soft. Never use a blender or a food processor, or the potatoes will turn into glop.

With your hands, gently bring the dough together to form a cohesive ball. You're basically smushing the dough together. You do not need to “work” or knead the dough (this is not pasta or bread dough). The texture should feel soft, warm and smooth- like a giant mashed potato ball.