Dumplings that serve as a popular alternative to pasta. They have a reassuring wholesomeness and simplicity: the name is slang for "dullard." A cooked paste of semolina, farina or mashed potato and flour is cooled and shaped into small rounds, balls or cylinders. The mixture may also include cheese or, for gnocchi verdi, spinach.
Friday 16 January 2009
gnocchi@dumpling.delights.ca
Norman Kolpas in The Gourmet's Lexicon supplies a nice description of gnocchi and a titbit about slang usage.
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