Celebrity's signature gnocchi dish from Tuscan Grille, which is served with artichokes and cherry tomatoes, makes enough pasta for five people, so you can plan on serving this for a couple’s night in or an Italian-themed dinner for the whole family.
Recipe Ingredients
Yield: 1 portion- 5 oz. gnocchi
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 2 oz. artichoke hearts, seasoned and charred on grillv
- 1/4 cup oven dried cherry tomatoes (can substitute with sundried tomatoes)
- 1/2 oz. truffle oil
- 1 oz. chopped flat leaf parsley
- salt and pepper
Gnocchi Ingredients
Yield: 5 portions- 12 oz. ricotta cheese, drained
- 1 tbsp. thyme, minced
- 1 tbsp. basil, minced
- 1 tbsp. italian parsley, minced
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 oz. egg, whole
- 1/2 oz. egg, yolks
- Reserve flour for dusting work surface.
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 oz. egg, whole
- 1/2 oz. egg, yolks
- salt
Directions
- Add ½ cup flour, ½ oz. egg - whole, ½ oz. egg – yolks, ricotta cheese and salt to clean surface.
- Mix ricotta, eggs and yolks until thoroughly combined. By hand, start folding flour in until slightly stiff.
- Add thyme, basil and parsley and continue mixing. Dough should be slightly sticky and barely held together by the flour.
- Form a ball, dust with flour, and store in plastic wrap before rolling.
- For forming the gnocchi, roll a log of dough into 1-inch diameter. Dust surface and hands with flour.
- Slice gnocchi in a “pillow” shape, ¾ inch. Roll in more flour and store on a sheet tray. Do not stack.
- Carefully add gnocchi to boiling water and boil gnocchi until al dente and still soft in the middle.
- While gnocchi are boiling: heat butter in sauté pan, add truffle oil.
- Add finely chopped shallots and garlic.
- Heat ¼ cup of tomoatoes and 2 oz. artichoke hearts until hot and mildly browned.
- Place cooked gnocchi in the pan.
- Add 1 oz. gnocchi water.
- Stir in 1 tsp. butter and 1 oz. chopped parsley.
- Taste before serving.
- Plate gnocchi and season with salt and pepper as desired.
- Garnish with ricotta.