by Janneke Verheij
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5 ounces
chestnuts in peel
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3.5 ounces
grated parmesan
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2 handfuls
parsley
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2 handfuls
toasted walnuts
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Preheat the oven to 400F/200C.
Ask the hotline about this step!Cut a cross in the flat side of the chestnut and put them in water for 20 minutes. Put the chestnuts cross side up on a baking tray and slide in the oven until the edges of the cross curl up.
Ask the hotline about this step!Let them cool only slightly and peel them. If they are cold they are hard to peel so just warm them a bit up when they cooled down to make the work easier.
Ask the hotline about this step!Put them in a kitchen machine with the Parmesan, walnuts, parsley and olive oil. Grind into a coarse pesto, it should not be a smooth paste. Season with pepper, salt and a squeeze of lemon juice.
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1.5 pounds
sweet potato
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1 1/2 - 2 cup
00 Flour (it also works with all purpose flour if you don't have this)
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1
egg
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1 teaspoon
nutmeg
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Cook the potatoes in their skin in boiling water until soft; peel off the skin and mash them slightly. Spread them out on a baking tray and put them in the oven for 5 minutes to dry them out a bit, make sure they don’t brown. You just want them to lose some water.
Ask the hotline about this step!Prepare a clean worktop to knead on and baking paper to put the gnocchi on when formed. Press the potato through a sieve and make a pile on your worktop. Make a well in the middle and incorporate the egg, nutmeg and salt.
Ask the hotline about this step!Now we have to work a bit fast; we don’t want to over-knead the dough because then it becomes sticky again. Start adding flour in batches and knead until the mixture is not sticky anymore.
Ask the hotline about this step!Divide it in three and roll them out into long snakes. Cut the snake into gnocchi the size you like and place them on the baking sheet. You can now form them into little egg shapes, make edges with a fork or twist them around their axe to make a nice curl if you like.
Ask the hotline about this step!Boil water in a big pan and cook the gnocchi until they start floating on the surface. Mix them with the pesto and serve with some grated Parmesan on top.
Ask the hotline about this step!Is sooooo good. I made it tonight for my family
Made this last night and it was really good! I love the use of chestnuts here.
Chestnuts are one of my all time favourite foods. This sounds yummy. Can't wait to try it!
Thank you for the comments! There is no agreed upon substitute for 00 flour but I've read that many people use a mixture of 1 part pastry flour and 3 parts all purpose flour, I have a sweet Italian supermarket close by so I never tried it myself . Good luck!
This looks marvelous. I recently purchased some chestnut flour and I'm wondering if I could make these substituting for the 00 flour? Wonderful flavor combination - truly inspired!
Wow - this looks fantastic!!
Mollie is the best-selling author of many (mostly) vegetarian cookbooks, including the original Moosewood Cookbook, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, and a trilogy of cookbooks for kids. Her most recent title is Get Cooking : 150 Simple Recipes to Get You Started in the Kitchen.
Is sooooo good. I made it tonight for my family