Sweet Potato Gnocchi

by lisa | 3 January 2014 12:27

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My daughter loves gnocchi. She recently tried some sweet potato gnocchi at a restaurant that she said was super tasty and she asked me to see if I could make her a paleo version. There are quite a few recipes out there, but I decided just to wing it. I was sure that they would fall apart and not work.

They absolutely worked and they turned out dangerously delicious. We topped off our gnocchi with some roasted walnut and sage pesto and I know my daughter will love them. I’ve put most of what I made in the freezer for her so that she can enjoy them during her visit.

Don’t let the long instructions put you off. These really are quite easy and well worth the effort.

Ingredients

• 2 large sweet potatoes (mine totaled 550 grams), baked and peeled
• 2 1/2 cups arrowroot powder (plus a bit more for rolling)
• 2 1/2 cups almond flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg white

Instructions

1. Poke a few holes in the sweet potatoes and bake them in a 400 F (200 C) oven for about an hour (or until soft and done).
2. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
3. Peel the sweet potatoes and then mash them in a large mixing bowl.
   

   Mashed sweet potato and flours

4. Add your flours in 1/2 cup at a time (1/2 cup almond flour, 1/2 cup arrowroot then stir before adding more).
5. After you have a whole cup of each flour added in, mix in the salt and baking soda and stir.
6. Now beat your egg white until it is frothy and then stir it in.
7. Resume adding in the flours half a cup at a time until you reach a dough consistency that you are able to grab a handful of and roll into a ball. For me, this equaled 2 1/2 cups of each flour. You may need a little more or a little less depending on the humidity where you are.
8. Put your dough in the fridge for at least half an hour.
   

   Ready for the fridge

9. Once it’s chilled, dust your counter top or a sheet of parchment paper with some arrowroot powder.
10. Take a handful of dough and roll it out into a long snake shape with your hands. If it’s sticking to your hands, just dust your hands with some of the arrowroot powder.
    

    Grab a small clump for rolling out

    

    Roll out into snakes

     

11. Cut your snakes into segments about an inch each. You can leave them in that shape or you can flatten them a bit with a fork dipped in arrowroot.
    

    Cut into segments

    

    We made fork prints on ours

     

12. Once all of your dough has been shaped and cut, drop each piece of gnocchi into a pot of boiling water. 
    

    Ready for the boiling water

13. Within about a minute, they will float to the surface. Let them cook for about 30 seconds after they float to the top and them remove them to a colander with a slotted spoon.
    

    They hold together really well

14. If you want, you can serve them at this point.
15. We went a step further and melted some ghee in a frying pan with a pinch of salt over medium heat and pan fried the gnocchi. It’s important to let it brown before flipping it to brown the other side. If you flip too soon, they will stick and you will know you are trying to turn them too soon.
    

    Fried in ghee

16. Remove to a serving plate and top with the sauce of your choice.
    

    Dangerously delicious

Source URL: https://swisspaleo.ch/sweet-potato-gnocchi/

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