June 19, 2008

Recipe from my summer in Italy

Gnocchi Romani

1l of whole milk

250g of semola a grano duro

3 eggs

Parmesan cheese (as much as possible)

Butter

Stracchino (if desired)

Bread crumbs

Salt

Start of course by preheating the oven. 180C. You boil the milk in a big pot with a little bit of salt, to the taste. When its boiling, add 250g of semoule au grains durs. Mix as soon as contact. They will cook for a bit and then take it off the fire. And then put 3 egg yellows, keep mixing. Add about 1/4c of butter and mix again. Then you can add cheese if you wish, parmesan evidently, but we also put some stracchino, like a liquidy mozzarella. Keep mixing!! Now that you have this, you can prepare a cookie sheet and cover it with papier parchemin. Then put the mixture on it and spread it to the thickness desired, but evenly, please. Now you sprinkle some parmesan on it and bake it for 20 minutes. Brava! Now you take it out, don’t turn off the oven yet! You must put some breadcrumbs and (of course) more parmesan on top and broil/grill it for 5-10 minutes. You know when you get that crispy-looking top… And then its all good. You take it out, wait a little bit and you cookie-cut them to rounds. Serve hot/warm with (what else) more cheese!