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Nettle Gnocchi
Constantin Fischer presents his version of a springtime pasta - nettle gnocchi with asparagus and strawberries.
For the gnocchi:
| Ingredients (4 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | kg | floury potatoes |
| 300 | g | flour |
| 1 | egg | |
| 1 | handful | nettle |
| 1 | handful | sorrel |
| salt | ||
For the sauce:
| Ingredients (4 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 250 | g | asparagus, white |
| 200 | g | baby spinach |
| 1/4 | l | white wine |
| 1 | teaspoon(s) | vegetable stock granules |
| 1 | cinnamon stick, approx. 4 cm | |
| 1 | star anise | |
| salt | ||
| pepper | ||
| olive oil | ||
| peanut oil | ||
For the strawberries:
| Ingredients (4 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 250 | g | strawberries |
| 1 | orange | |
| Tonka bean | ||
| salt | ||
| black pepper | ||
To serve:
| Ingredients (4 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| parmesan, shaved | ||
- Peel potatoes and boil in salted water for approx. 25 minutes until soft, strain and let dry.
- Finely chop nettle and sorrel. Then mash the potatoes and knead together with the egg, flour, nettle, sorrel and a little salt into a dough.
- Form rolls approx. 1.5 cm thick from the dough and cut them into gnocchi-sized pieces. Always dust with flour.
- Cook gnocchi in well-salted, simmering water until they float on top. Strain and pour into a bowl.
- Remove the stalk from the strawberries, cut them into small cubes and place them in a bowl. Add a little grated orange peel, grated tonka bean, salt, pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Mix gently.
- Cut off the ends of the asparagus and peel the stalks. Then cut diagonally into thin slices and fry them in a pan with a little peanut oil. Deglaze with white wine. Add the soup/stock powder, cinnamon stick and star anise and bring to the boil briefly. Then add the spinach and leave to infuse for a few minutes.
- To serve, shave a little Parmesan over the dish. Photos of the preparation in the picture gallery.
