From The Meat Free
Monday Cookbook, Kyle Books, 2011.
There’s a remarkable number of recipes in this book. When
you consider it covers every Monday in the year and for every Monday they
include breakfast, packed lunch, lunch and dinner, which occasionally includes
sides or snacks. While instructions are necessarily sparse they are clear and
contain all that is needed to complete the dish. Sometimes, as is the case of
this particular recipe, they include a short introduction of background information to the
recipe.
The gnocchi were easy to make. Sweet potato was boiled until
cooked and tender.
While they were cooling the pesto was made by processing
rocket, garlic, pine nuts and olive oil.
The sweet potato was mashed and the remaining ingredients
(butter, flour, semolina, nutmeg and seasonings) were added. It easily formed
into a dough which was rolled out into narrow rolls. These were cut into small
pieces of gnocchi.
Just before it was time to eat, the gnocchi were dropped
gently into a pot of boiling salted water. When they rose to the surface they
were ready to serve. They had pesto poured over carefully and, though the
recipe didn’t include it, I sprinkled on some grated parmesan.
The gnocchi turned out to be quite light and tasty, The
pesto though had a raw, almost grassy, tang to it from the rocket. I think I
would have preferred a basil pesto, or have modified the rocket with the
inclusion of some basil and parmesan.
Taste: ✔✔✔
Ease of
cooking: ✔✔✔✔
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