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Homemade Gnocchi with Pesto and Rapini
Tender, melt in your mouth, homemade potato gnocchi with pesto and a side of rapini. It's easier to make than you think, and so delicious!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 2 Servings
Calories: 1373 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 4 medium russet potatoes
- 2 cups of flour
- 2 egg equivelent Ener-G Egg Replacer
- 1 tablespoon plus ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup pesto
- 2 teaspoon olive oil
- 12 Stalks Rapini Trim the ends
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Click the link and make the pesto
- In a large pot of water, begin boiling water
- Peel potatoes and quarter them.
- Place into the water and boil for twenty-five minutes or until easily pierced with a fork
- Remove the potatoes from water and rice the potatoes with a potato ricer.
- Lightly dust a clean counter and place the potatoes on top of it
- Add the egg replacer and half a cup of flour to the potato pile.
- Slowly kneed the potatoes and gradually add more of the flour until the potatoes form a soft dough.
- Roll out the dough into ½ inch diameter logs then cut into ½ inch pieces of gnocchi.
- Begin boiling water in a large pot.
- Add 1 tablespoon of salt to the boiling water.
- Reduce the water to a soft boil.
- Add the gnocchi (about 8 at a time to make sure they have enough room in the pot) to the pot and wait till they rise to the top to remove them from the water.
- Set the gnocchi aside and toss with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
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For the Rapini
- In a saute pan, add the oil and heat on medium high heat.
- Once heated, add the rapini and sauté for approximately six minutes.
- Add the rest of the salt and pepper to the rapini.
- Combine the pesto & gnocchi in a large bowl.
- Arrange the rapini and pesto in dishes as demonstrated in the photos above.
Notes
- The Nutrition Facts are an estimate only.
Nutrition Information
Calories
1373kcal
(69%)
Carbohydrates
217g
(72%)
Protein
68g
(136%)
Fat
35g
(54%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
4mg
(1%)
Sodium
4540mg
(189%)
Potassium
4567mg
(130%)
Fiber
46g
(184%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
36805IU
(736%)
Vitamin C
298.2mg
(331%)
Calcium
1663mg
(166%)
Iron
38.8mg
(216%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1373
% Daily Value*
Calories | 1373kcal | 69% |
Carbohydrates | 217g | 72% |
Protein | 68g | 136% |
Fat | 35g | 54% |
Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
Cholesterol | 4mg | 1% |
Sodium | 4540mg | 189% |
Potassium | 4567mg | 97% |
Fiber | 46g | 184% |
Sugar | 10g | 20% |
Vitamin A | 36805IU | 736% |
Vitamin C | 298.2mg | 331% |
Calcium | 1663mg | 166% |
Iron | 38.8mg | 216% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.