My recipe was simple: 1 boiled sweet potato grated and mashed as good as I could mash it with a fork; about 1/2 of a beaten egg; and 2 handfuls of flour. After mashing the sweet potato, I mixed in the egg and flour (about a handful at a time) until the dough was still tacky but not sticky. Then I rolled out handfuls of the dough into long fingers and cut them into 1/2 inch pieces and pressed each piece into the tines of a fork. Then I boiled up some water and put in a few pieces and cooked them until they floated. So far, so good. I've cut up the whole batch and some went in the fridge for later (I'll cook 'em when I cook up the salmon I'm going to eat for dinner) and some went in the freezer.
I'm already thinking about what I'll do differently the next time I make sweet potato gnocchi, and maybe I'd add some rubbed sage to the mashed potatoes. I'd also be tempted to take these in a sweet direction...maybe adding cinnamon and sugar and tossing them in butter after they've been cooked. (I think tonight I'll toss them in a little bit of olive oil and wasabi.)
I used 101 Cookbooks to inform my gnocchi-making self. :)
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