Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Gnocchi with gorgonzola dolce

This recipe has to be the ultimate in lazy comfort food; it must have almost no nutritional value. My excuse is that I have to tick it off in the book, that I've had a tiring few days (students crying, paperwork avalanches, and so on) and that everyone deserves to forget about their vegetable quotient occasionally. Before I get to the gnocchi, though, I promised to present my brother's little dog, Shea. Stuart kindly obliged in sending pet photos (anyone would think he was proud of them). Anyway here is Shea, with her best friend, Bonnie (who belongs to my brother's mother-in-law); Shea is the little cocker spaniel, Bonnie the golden retriever.


Here are the two dogs and the cat, Chloe, eating together (feeding time at the zoo...)


It is quite easy to imagine what happens after the cosy threesome eat their dinner: the cat doesn't finish hers and the dogs keep trying to gobble hers up on top of their own. Anyway - hopefully my food tastes better than theirs, although I can't say I don't sometimes feel like diving right in and troughing it up in one go as the dogs do....

To make the gnocchi with gorgonzola dolce, you might want to source gorgonzola dolce; I couldn't, and made do with ordinary gorgonzola. Anyway make the potato gnocchi as usual and boil. Meanwhile, heat up gorgonzola cheese with butter and double cream, season, and stir into a smooth cheese sauce. Toss the gnocchi in the sauce and add marjoram; serve with grated Parmesan. It couldn't be easier, really. Except that I am still in the novice category in terms of gnocchi making, and, mindful of the imperative not to add too much flour, I was possibly over judicious with my pasta flour. The gnocchi didn't fall apart, but they were more fuzzy-edged than my previous effort.


This didn't seem to matter; at least, it didn't matter to me. The sauce was divine - anything so sinful is likely to be, I suppose. It slipped down very quickly, very comfortingly, probably far too easily.

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  1. Aww! What adorable little parcels of fun (and the dogs are cute too!)!
    Have you ever been able to find Gorzonzola Dolce? I want to try the recipe in the Green and Blacks cookbook using it but to no avail!
    The gnocchi looks great, fuzzy or not!
    Love, Freyax

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  2. Anonymous7:17 AM

    Sainsbury's sells both types of gorgonzola, the dolce and the piccante; I think probably good italian delis will do too. The dolce is lovely - not quite so eye-watering as the piccante!

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  3. Aha, so I need to go to Sainsburys - thanks Anna! Though I must confess that I love normal gorgonzola - I'm a real fan of stinky strong and scary cheeses!

    Having said that, I don't think normal gorgonzola would work in the Green and Blacks recipe (which looks great). Freya, the gnocchi tasted fantastic; it was just a bit less solid than last time, but it didn't disintegrate which makes it an unqualified success in my book..

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