yields
Serves 4
2 large potatoes, peeled and cut into thick slices
Freshly grated nutmeg to taste
2½ cups cake flour
2 cups grated parmesan
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
6 egg yolks
2 tablespoons olive oil
8 tablespoons cold butter
4 ounces oyster mushrooms
4 ounces maitake (hen of the woods) mushrooms
Salt to taste
Grated parmesan for garnish
Grated parsley for garnish
For gnocchi
For the mushrooms and sauce
steps
- For the gnocchi: In a large pot of boiling water over medium heat, simmer potatoes until fork tender. Pass potatoes through a food mill. On a table, form flour into a mound and fold in cooked potatoes, grated nutmeg, parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. Form a hole in the center of the mound and slowly pour in egg yolks. Gently knead dough to keep it light and fluffy. With a bench scraper, cut small pieces of dough to desired size (about 1 inch) and roll with your hand. Cook in batches in boiling, salted water over medium-high heat for 3 to 5 minutes, or until pasta is slightly firm and floats to the top.
- For the mushrooms and sauce: In a hot sauté pan, drizzle in olive oil, then add cold butter. Cook until butter turns brown and begins to give off a nutty aroma, then add oyster and maitake mushrooms, cooking until golden brown. Heat gnocchi in pan with mushrooms for approximately 2 minutes; season with salt.
- To assemble: In small bowls, divide gnocchi and place in center of the bowl. Pour brown butter sauce with the mushrooms over gnocchi. Finish with parmesan and garnish with parsley.
Date Published: 10.15.16
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- Chef Bobby Benjamin of Butchertown Grocery, Louisville