Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter Sauce

Sweet Potato Gnocchi

Ingredients

Sweet Potatoes (about 1 pound)

1 Egg

2 Cups Flour

1/2tsp salt

Spice Pack (1/4tsp garlic powder, 1/8tsp nutmeg)

Note:

You can also make this same recipe with roasted butternut squash instead of sweet potatoes! So delicious either way.

Directions:

1. First bake your Sweet Potatoes. I microwave mine first for about 8 minutes while I preheat my oven to 400 and then bake for another 20-30 minutes until nice and soft. Let them cool, peel the skins and then mash.

2. Once cooled, add the egg, salt, the top spice pack with the garlic powder and nutmeg and about 2 cups of flour (you don’t want it too wet or too dry, so add a little at a time until you get a soft dough)

3. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil

4. While the water is boiling, make the gnocchi: Roll dough into long snake-like logs on a floured surface and then cut the logs into 1 inch pieces.

5. Drop the dough pieces into the boiling water and cook until they float to the top.

6. Remove from the pot with a slotted spoon into a serving dish and keep warm until ready to serve

7. Make the sauce! Recipe on back of this card

8. You can also top with any sauce of your choice, just be sure to do step 4 (browning the pasta in oil) first.

Sage Butter Sauce

Ingredients

4 Tablespoons Butter

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil

¼ cup parmesan cheese (optional)

Spice Pack (1/2tsp rubbed sage)

Note: You can use 5-6 large leaves of fresh sage for this recipe too.

Directions:

1. In a large pan, heat butter and spice pack over medium-high heat

2. Stir the butter occasionally until it begins to lightly brown (about 2 minutes)

3. Remove the sage butter from the pan and set aside in a small bowl

4. In the same pan, add the Olive Oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add the gnocchi to the pan and cook until golden on one side without stirring (about 5-6 minutes)

5. Add the sage butter back to the pan and mix with the gnocchi and cook 1-2 minutes stirring frequently.

6. Season to taste with salt and pepper and sprinkle with the parmesan cheese.

7. ENJOY!