gnocchi your socks off

Ahh...'tis been quite a while. For the past 2 weeks I've resorted to late-night order in shwarma and bagels bagels bagels for breakfast because well...I am a college student. And being a college student sometimes means 12 hours in the library and utter laziness to the point where you choose to watch Jersey Shore over making dinner. So this post hearkens back to the days where my ambition was high and my tummy was empty. Eh voila...I make gnocchi. But not just any gnocchi, brown butter and sage drenched gnocchi.

The "how-to": Take 3 large potatoes (Idaho because drier than other potatoes), puncture skin, 'nuke for 10 minutes, then peel. Mix with ¾ c. flour (add more if necessary), 1 egg. Want dough to be slightly sticky.

Mix nicely, the dough may feel like it's coming apart when you make it into a snake, but just roll it towards you. Take piece of dough and roll into snake (width of thumb), take sharp knife and cut off 1-2 inch sections, press fork into each one for line marks.

Snip on floured surface. Boil water, drop in a few at time (~10) as soon as rises to top, take out (1-2 min). drain in colander, take unsalted butter (1/2 stick), add fresh sage in a skillet on medium heat, as soon as it starts to brown throw gnocchi in and let brown a bit and flip to cook other side.

Salt and pepper to taste.

And special special thanks to my beautiful friend Nicole who so graciously helped me create these pillows of happiness in under an hour.