I love potatoes, so it makes sense that my favourite pasta has long been gnocchi.
The fluffy, pillowy clouds are especially delicious when made with extra-dry, floury spuds – chefs like a salt-roasted Maris Piper or King Edward for the job.
But writing for AllRecipes, chef John Mitzewich, also known as Chef John on his YouTube channel Food Wishes, said there’s a type of gnocchi that involves no potato at all.
He said: “I feel like I’ve eaten a fair amount of Italian food, and I’ve been to Rome, but it wasn’t until late in life that I discovered [this] virtually unknown [gnocchi recipe].”
He was talking about Gnocchi alla Romana, or Roman gnocchi.
What is Roman gnocchi?
They’re a kind of dough-based dumpling whic...
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