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Gnocchi with demi-glace and sage

Gnocchi with demi-glace and sage

Ben Dearnley

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.

Photo: Ben Dearnley

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Photo: Mark Roper

Tipo 00’s gnocchi with duck ragù and porcini mushrooms

Potato gnocchi with tuco
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Potato gnocchi with tuco

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pasi Petänen’s potato dumplings with XO trout

Photo: William Meppem

Bar Brosé’s gnocchi with lap cheong

Photo: William Meppem

Gnocchi with sage brown butter and walnuts

Potato dumplings with crisp breadcrumbs and speck
Photo: Chris Court

Potato dumplings with crisp breadcrumbs and speck

Gnocchi with spicy pipi sauce and wild herbs
Photo: Chris Court

Monty Koludrovic’s gnocchi with spicy pipi sauce and wild herbs

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Gnocchi with short rib ragù

Photo: Con Poulos

Olive gnocchi with pine mushrooms

Photo: William Meppem

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)

Malfatti with tomato, lemon and basil
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Malfatti with tomato, lemon and basil

Rosetta's ricotta and silverbeet malfatti with sage burnt butter
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Rosetta’s ricotta and silverbeet malfatti with sage burnt butter

Gnudi with brown butter
Photo: William Meppem

Gnudi with brown butter

Photo: Mark Roper

Embla’s cheddar gnocchi, crushed tomato and olive oil

Gnocchi with demi-glace and sage
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Gnocchi with demi-glace and sage

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