Use quality store bought or homemade pesto. Top with red Pasta sauce or this quick cook Red Wine Sauce is great too. Leftover are not good, so only cook what you need and keep the rest in the fridge.
Ingredients
2 Baked Potatoes, cooled and peeled
1 cup leftover cooked Sweet Potatoes or Yams or 1 peeled, cubed and cooked (simmer 20 min)
11/2 cups flour
1/2 cup Ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon salt
small handful of chopped Basil
1 Egg
2 cloves Garlic, crushed fine
TOMATO WINE SAUCE
1 small Onion, Minced
3 cloves Garlic Minced
1 tablespoon Dried Oregano
1 Box Chopped Tomatoes
1 cup Hearty Red Wine
Salt and Ground Pepper
Pinch of Sugar or Squeeze of Honey
Instructions
Put all the ingredients into a food processor and whirl until combined
The dough is sticky and you may have to scrape it down a few times
Flour your hands and pull the dough out
Tip into a lightly Olive Oiled bowl and refrigerate for several hours or several days or do the cheater method and stick in the freezer 20 minutes
Turn onto a floured board, divide into four equal parts
Roll each part into a long snake about 1 inch thick
Cut 1 inch chunks off the snake
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and drop in 15-20 Gnocchi. Don't crowd them
When they float to the surface, they are done.....about 3-6 minutes, drain
Top with Pesto, Tomato Wine Sauce, Parmesan and Fresh Basil
TOMATO WINE SAUCE
Saute the Onions in a generous glug of Olive Oil over medium heat until they are soft and beginning to brown
Add the Garlic and Oregano and cook another few minutes
Add the Wine and let simmer down a few minutes
Add the Tomatoes and season with Salt and Pepper
Let simmer over low at least 15 minutes but as long as have for flavors to develop
If it is very acidic add a pinch of Sugar or a bit of Honey
Recipe by Healthy Mama Cooks at http://www.healthymamacooks.com/sweet-potato-and-ricotta-gnocchi/