There’s some debate on the best method for making gnocchi – baking the potatoes can yield fine results – but the type of potato you use is the key. Too floury and the gnocchi will absorb too much water while they’re cooking and fall apart; too waxy and they’ll be gluey. In these gnocchi recipes, we’ve used Sebago, Nicola or Russet Burbank potatoes for optimal results.
If you’re in a cheesy mood, there’s also recipes for malfatti and gnudi, the ricotta cousins to potato gnocchi. Plus, Pasi Petänen shares his recipe for potato dumplings with XO trout – a riff on the very Finnish combination of fish and potatoes – and our GT recipe potato dumplings with crisp breadcrumbs and speck, inspired by Hungarian shlishkes.
Gnocchi di patate
Tipo 00’s gnocchi with duck ragù and porcini mushrooms
Potato gnocchi with tuco
Pasi Petänen’s potato dumplings with XO trout
Bar Brosé’s gnocchi with lap cheong
Gnocchi with sage brown butter and walnuts
Potato dumplings with crisp breadcrumbs and speck
Monty Koludrovic’s gnocchi with spicy pipi sauce and wild herbs
Gnocchi with short rib ragù
Olive gnocchi with pine mushrooms
Spinach and ricotta dumplings in chicken broth (gnocchi di ricotta e spinaci in brodo)
Spinach and ricotta dumplings in chicken broth (gnocchi di ricotta e spinaci in brodo)