Potato Gnocchi With Butternut Squash And Wild Mushrooms Recipes

POTATO GNOCCHI WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• Take and cut a whole butternut in half lengthwise. Discard the seeds, and place on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper, stuffed with 2 cloves of garlic in each halved cavity of the butternut squash. Drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Flip the butternut squash over so the cavity is face down and roast in a 400 degree oven for 40-45 minutes. Take out and let it cool for 15 minutes. Then scoop out the pulp along with the roasted garlic and place in a vitamix with the rest of the ingredients. Puree until completely smooth, season with salt and pepper. If you need a little more liquid because the sauce is too thick feel free to add a little of the gnocchi cooking water to it. Set aside and keep warm
• Get a steamer prepared by getting a stock pot with water and an insert ready. You can either steam the potatoes whole with the skin and peel after they are cook or I like to peel them and chop them into medium size pieces. It cooks faster and easier to put them in the ricer when they are cooked. Place the potatoes in the steamer and put the lid on top. Cook the potatoes for 15 to 20 minutes until they are just done. Then take the lid off and let them dry out for 3-5 minutes. Then place the potatoes in a food mill or ricer, and rice them into a mixing bowl. You can let potatoes cool slightly if they are too hot to work with. Then make a well in the middle of the potatoes. Take a cup of the flour and pour around the outside of riced potatoes. Crack the egg into the middle of the well in the potatoes. Then with a fork mix the egg into the potatoes working from the middle then slowly working your way out into the flour. Once the dough starts to form get rid of the fork and use your hands. You want incorporate the flour until a smooth dough forms but you don't want to knead or over work it. You might need more flour if the dough is too sticky. Once the dough has formed you can cut the dough into 5 slices using a dough cutter or knife. The take each slice and roll with your finger into a rope. You might need to add a little flour if the dough is too sticky. Once a uniform rope of dough has been achieved cut into uniform bites. I like to flour them a little more here to prevent sticking. Then using a gnocchi paddle (board) roll the gnocchi by flicking them into a lightly floured sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
• Have a pot of salted water boiling for the gnocchi. Place the gnocchi in the water and cook until they start to float to the top (about 3 minutes) Then strain and place into the pan with the butternut sauce. Adjust the season with salt and pepper. Then place in a bowl, shave parmesan and add fresh basil leaves, and a drizzle of pumpkin seed oil. Serve and enjoy!

GNOCCHI WITH MUSHROOMS AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Steps:

• For the squash:
• It is easier to dice the neck of the butternut squash uniformly than the bulb, which is important for this recipe. We use the remaining bulb for soup. Cut off and discard the stem end of the squash, then cut off the neck. Use a paring knife or sharp vegetable peeler to slice away the peel deep enough to reach the bright orange flesh of the squash. Trim the neck to straighten the sides, then cut it lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Cut the slices into 1/2-inch dice. (You need about 3 cups diced squash.) If you have less than 3 cups, peel the bulb of the squash, cut it in half, and scrape out the seeds. Trim and cut as much of the bulb as you need into 1/2-inch dice. Reserve the remaining squash for another use.
• Line a baking sheet with paper towels.
• Heat a thin film of canola oil over medium heat in a skillet large enough to hold the squash in a single layer (or cook the squash in two batches). When the oil is hot, add the butter and brown it lightly. Add the squash, salt and pepper to taste, and the sage leaves. Cook, stirring the pieces to brown them on all sides, for 4 to 6 minutes, or until tender throughout. Reduce the heat as necessary to cook the squash and brown it lightly, without burning; the best way to see if the squash is fully cooked is to eat a piece. Drain the squash on one end of the paper towel-lined baking sheet and set aside the sage leaves for the garnish. Wipe out the skillet with a paper towel and set aside.
• For the mushrooms:
• Trim away the tough stems and cut the caps into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Heat a thin film of canola oil in the same skillet over high heat. When the oil begins to smoke, add the mushrooms and salt and sauté for about a minute. The mushrooms will absorb the oil and should not weep any liquid. Add the butter, shallots, thyme, and pepper, then toss and sauté until the mushrooms are thoroughly cooked, 3 to 4 minutes total. Drain the mushrooms on the paper towel-lined baking sheet. The gnocchi should be cooked in two skillets: Wipe out the mushroom skillet with paper towels and add a light coating of olive oil to it and to a second large skillet.
• To complete:
• Heat the oil over medium-high heat until hot. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter to each skillet. When the butter has browned, divide the gnocchi between the two skillets and season to taste with salt and pepper. Once the gnocchi have begun to brown, shake and rotate the skillets, tossing the gnocchi so that they brown and crisp on all sides, about 2 1/2 minutes.
• Add the squash, mushrooms, and chives and heat just through. Spoon the gnocchi and vegetables onto serving plates and return one skillet to high heat. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and cook until it is a rich brown, then quickly add the parsley to crackle for a few seconds. Standing back-the butter will spatter-add a squeeze of lemon half. Spoon the brown butter and herbs over the gnocchi and around the plates. Garnish with the reserved sage leaves.

POTATO GNOCCHI WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Plate the grated, cooked potatoes on a work surface in a mound. Make a well in the center and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the egg yolk and begin to knead in half the flour. When moistened, add the other half of flour and knead until the dough comes together. let it rest for 2 minutes.
• Fill a large pot with cold water, add 1 teaspoons salt and bring to a boil. Have a bowl of ice water nearby.
• Cut the dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 1/2 inch log. Cut each log into 1/2 inch pieces. When the water is boiling drop the gnocchi into the water and boil until the pieces float to the surface, about 1 minute.
• Remove the gnocchi and plung into the ice water to stop the cooking, then let drain.
• Melt butter in a 10 inch skillet over medium high heat. Stir in mushrooms and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in cubed roasted squash and cooked potato gnocchi. Add lemon juice, sage strips and season with salt and pepper.
• Cook, tossing occasionally until gnocchi and squash start to brown, about 5 to 8 minutes.

PUMPKIN GNOCCHI WITH FRIED SAGE AND CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bake pumpkin and boil potato: Pre-heat oven to 350 fahrenheit (180 celcius) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Peel and scrape out the seeds of a sugar pumpkin or butternut squash and cut into thin slices and place on the baking sheets.. Bake for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, peel a potato and boil it. About 20-30 minutes.
• Mash pumpkin and potato: When the pumpkin is still warm, crush the pumpkin with a potato ricer or in a food processor, along with the boiled potato. (Pumpkin can be too rich in water and the starch in the potato helps it thicken). On a clean work surface, add the flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg and create fountain with a well in the middle to add the pumpkin and potato mash. Give it a quick mix and make another well.
• Mix the dough: Whip the egg quickly together and pour into the well. Mix together just until homogeneous.
• Shape the dough: Work the dough as little as possible and quickly so the starch doesn't have time to make everything sticky. Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces and roll each piece into a cylinder about 1 inch in diameter, and cut them 1/2 inch thick.
• Shape the gnocchi: You can either leave them as is, shape on a gnocchi board or using the prongs on a fork to give them the classic gnocchi shape. However, this is a sticky dough so it may be difficult to shape them. Place them on a floured cloth on top of a baking sheet, making sure they don't touch each other.
• You can now freeze them or cover them with a towel while you prepare the sauce.
• Brown butter: Cut butter into smaller, equal pieces and add to a saucepan (easier to see the browning if you choose a light colored one). Melt and let it simmer for about 7-10 minutes or until it has browned and smells nutty.
• Cook mushroom: In the butter, add chopped chanterelles and shallot onion and cook until mushrooms are soft and has absorbed some of the butter, about 5-7 minutes. Work in batches, especially if you use fresh chanterelles.
• Simmer 15 minutes: Remove the chanterelles from the pan and if needed, deglaze the pan with a little white wine. Once done, add the rest of the white wine, along with the heavy cream, vegetable stock, Worcestershire sauce, thyme. Let it simmer for 15 minutes or until thickened. Stir in shredded parmesan cheese at the end. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Add mushroom mix back in.
• Brown butter: Brown butter in a cast iron skillet on medium high heat, about 7 minutes, until it smells nutty.
• The sage: Add the whole sage leaves and fry for 30 seconds or until crispy. Take them out and leave them to dry on a paper towel.
• Boil gnocchi: Meanwhile, boil gnocchi in salted water (they can be boiled directly from the freezer). Take them out with a slotted spoon once they have risen to the top. Work in batches so you don't overcrowd the pot and skillet.
• Fry gnocchi: Add the boiled gnocchi to the cast iron skillet and fry for a couple of minutes total.
• Serve: Add to serving bowls, ladle the sauce over and top with the crispy sage leaves.