Italian Vegetarian Cooking : Gnocchi - Pumpkin and Semolina Gnocchi

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Serves: 4
Cooking time (approx.): 15 minutes
Style: Italian Vegetarian

2 cup(s) diced pumpkin
6 cup(s) semolina
4 tablespoon(s) plain flour
4 tablespoon(s) grated parmesan cheese
freshly powdered nutmeg, salt, and freshly ground black pepper to taste
2 tablespoon(s) butter

Cook the pumpkin dices in boiling water for about 8 minutes or till done. Drain and mash well. knead along with semolina, plain flour, nutmeg, salt and pepper to a smooth dough.
Make walnut sized balls of the dough and cook in a large pot of boiling salted water for about 5 minutes or till the balls rise to the surface. Remove with a slotted spoon. Cook the gnocchi in batches if necessary.
Melt the butter in a pan and toss the gnocchi in it gently for about 2 minutes or till the gnocchi are aromatic and well coated with butter.

TIPS:
If the dough gets too sticky to shape into balls, transfer to a piping bag and pipe small cylinders of the dough (cutting the dough with a knife as you pipe to form small cylinders) into hot boiling salted water and cook.
The cooked gnocchi can be baked with a sauce of your choice topped with cheese.

Serve hot with: Mushroom and basil sauce.

Vegetarian Italian Cooking

Pumpkin and semolina Gnocchi