Pumpkin gnocchi with burrata, sage pesto and anchovies.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:35:19 GMT

Step 1

Boil the potatoes in salty water as long as it takes to make them soft. It depends how big the potatoes are, but it can take at least 45 minutes.

Step 2

While the potatoes are boiling, remove skin and seeds from the pumpkin and slice it thin.

Step 3

Ease down the pumpkin slices on a trey and put the into the oven and bake them until most of the water is evaporated. It should take between 15 and 20 minutes.

Step 4

When both the potatoes and the pumpkin are ready and still warm. Smash the and put the into a bowl.

Step 5

Add now salt, pepper, nutmeg, a but of grated parmesan and the potato flour to the vegetables and mix them well with a wooden spoon.

Step 6

When the ingredients are well mixed together, take your dough and move it to a flat wooden surface and work in it for a couple of minutes. Add some more potato flour if the dough is too dry.

Step 7

Take a piece of dough and form the gnocchi. For this recipe the gnocchi are 20g each and has oval shape but you can make them as you prefer. Once you are done, let the gnocchi rest for at least half an hour.

Step 8

Put all the ingredients into a mortar or food processor and mix the well until you have. The longer you mix, the creamier the pesto will be. If you prefere a rough version, mix it just for few seconds.

Step 9

Use a food processor to make a cream with burrata, oil and a taste of salt. Put the sauce in the fridge and let it rest for at least one hour

Step 10

Warm up the oven and ease down the anchovies on a tray. Let the anchovies in the over for 10 minutes. When the anchovies are all dried up, it is going to be enough to smash them with your hands yo make a powder.

Step 11

Use a large pot to warm up some salty water. When the water is boiling, ease down the gnocchi and let them boil until they come up to the surface of the water. It can take more or less 5 minutes. When ready, remove the gnocchi from the pot and strain them.

Step 12

Warm up a pan with butter and when is melted add half of the anchoviess so they can melt too. Ease down the gnocchi and roast them for 3 minutes eash side.

Step 13

Ease down the gnocchi in a plate, add the burrata cream on top and the sage pesto. As last thing, add the second half of anchovies powder and serve.

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