Gnocchi with mushrooms

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make gnocchi with mushrooms? Prepare your food. It is better to choose old potatoes, not young ones - they have more starch, and the dough will be better molded from them. The approximate amount of flour is given, it may take more or less, you will look at the dough. Any mushrooms will do - forest, frozen, dry. The only difference will be the way they are processed.

2. STEP 2

   

   Rinse the potatoes well with a brush under the tap. Then, without cleaning, place in a saucepan, cover with clean cold water and cook over medium heat. After boiling, cook the potatoes for 25-30 minutes, depending on the size of the tubers. Check readiness with a knife - the blade will easily pierce and come out of the cooked potato. Drain the water from the potatoes. How to choose the perfect pan, read the article at the end of this recipe.

3. STEP 3

   

   Carefully remove the skins from the hot potatoes so as not to burn yourself. Mash the peeled potatoes with a masher, add salt and egg. Stir the egg into the puree.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add flour to potatoes in portions, stirring quickly after each portion. Try not to even knead, but to combine the potato mass with the flour using folding movements. As a result, you should get a homogeneous dough, not liquid or thick, a little sticky, but holding its shape. You may need a little less or more flour, depending on the required consistency. Read about the properties of flour at the end of the recipe.

5. STEP 5

   

   Form some of the dough into a sausage on a floured board.

6. STEP 6

   

   Cut it into small pucks. Dip each piece in flour.

7. STEP 7

   

   Boil the gnocchi in salted water - as soon as they float, remove them to a plate with a slotted spoon. Cook the gnocchi in batches so they don't stick together too much.

8. STEP 8

   

   Heat a frying pan over medium heat, pour vegetable oil into it. Fry the boiled gnocchi for a few minutes, stirring, until golden brown. Then remove from the pan.

9. STEP 9

   

   While the gnocchi is cooking and then frying, prepare the other ingredients. Cut the onion into thin half rings.

10. STEP 10

    

    Wash the mushrooms, dry and cut into thin slices.

11. STEP 11

    

    Pour a little more vegetable oil into the pan where the gnocchi was fried. Heat it up and add the onions. Fry the onion, stirring, over medium heat until translucent. How to choose a frying pan and vegetable oil for frying, read the separate articles at the end of this recipe.

12. STEP 12

    

    Then add the mushrooms to the onions. Salt and pepper them to taste. The mushrooms will begin to release juice. Fry the mushrooms and onions for about 10 minutes, stirring, until the juice evaporates.

13. STEP 13

    

    Dilute the sour cream with a small amount of boiling water - this will prevent the sauce from curdling. Pour sour cream over the mushrooms.

14. STEP 14

    

    Stir and heat the sauce for a couple of minutes.

15. STEP 15

    

    Place gnocchi in sauce. Stir and keep the dish on low heat for a few more minutes.

16. STEP 16

    

    Serve the gnocchi with mushroom sauce hot, sprinkled with herbs. Bon appetit!