🥔🍅 Potato gnocchi with tomato and basil – the recipe in music

original: Italian recipe: Potato gnocchi with tomato and basil

Potato gnocchi are one of those dishes that taste like home, like Sunday with the family, with the scent of basil and a sauce slowly simmering on the stove.
This time, however, it’s not just a recipe: it’s also a song… because in Abruzzo, cooking isn’t only about preparing food – it’s something you sing about! 🎶

Ingredients

900 g (2 lbs) boiled potatoes (well dried)
250 g (2 cups) all-purpose flour
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove, unpeeled
8 fresh basil leaves (torn by hand)
1 concassé tomato (diced)
Salt, to taste
Chili pepper (optional)
Grated Parmesan cheese

Method

Mash the hot potatoes and mix with the flour.
Roll into ropes about the thickness of a finger, then cut into 2 cm (¾ inch) pieces.
In a large pan, heat the olive oil with the garlic clove. After one minute, remove the garlic and add 4 basil leaves.
Add the diced tomato, season with salt, and stir in 4 more torn basil leaves. Cook for about 6 minutes.
Cook the gnocchi in salted boiling water. As soon as they rise to the surface, drain and transfer them into the pan with the sauce.
Add chili pepper, fresh basil, and a generous sprinkle of Parmesan.

The final touch

Serve piping hot with a glass of Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo 🍷.
And don’t forget to listen to the song we’ve dedicated to this recipe: a lighthearted and joyful hymn to cooking made with love. 🎵