Spinach And Ricotta Gnocchi

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 slices bread, crusts removed
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 lb frozen spinach
• 9 ounces ricotta cheese
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• grated parmesan cheese, for serving
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 3 tablespoons basil, chopped
• 1 ripe tomato, diced

Recipe

• 1 soak bread in milk for 10 minutes.
• 2 squeeze out any excess milk from bread.
• 3 squeeze out any excess liquid from spinach.
• 4 combine bread, spinachricotta eggs and parmesan well.
• 5 chill ,covered, for 1 hour.fold in flour.
• 6 with floured hands, roll heaped teaspoonsof mixture into dumplings.
• 7 lower batches of the gnocchi into large saucepan salted boiling water.
• 8 cook 2 minutes or until gnocchi rises to the surface.
• 9 transfer to a serving plate and keep warm.
• 10 to make sauce, combine butter,garlic,basil and tomato in saucepan and cook over medium heat 3 minutes or until nutty brown in color.
• 11 drizzle over gnocchi and sprinkle with shaved parmesan.