Posts Tagged ‘Italian’

What is Gnocchi anyway?

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Gnocchi is an Italian potato pasta/dumpling. Technically, it can also be made of semolina instead of potato but most of the time we’re referring to the potato ones. Gnocchi is an Italian word for dumplings. They are commonly made with potatoes, although not always. Gnocchi is made from either potatoes or ricotta in my experience, not both. Potato gnocchi is by far the most popular. (more…)