Recipe ~ Sweet potato and butternut squash gnocchi 🧡

Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Gnocchi

For 2 people

🥔 Ingredients – Gnocchi

• 280g of sweet potatoes (raw weight)
• 15g of pumpkin puree
• 90g of flour (add a little more if necessary)
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 2–3 tablespoons of olive oil
• Pumpkin seeds

👩‍🍳 Preparing the gnocchi

1. Pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork and microwave until tender.
2. Cut the sweet potatoes in half then remove the flesh.
3. Mix Sweet potato flesh, pumpkin puree, flour and salt. Knead just enough to obtain a smooth dough.
4. Form small balls of dough To create mini pumpkins, score them with a knife.

Note: if you don't want to eat the gnocchi with a knife and fork, make them as small as possible They will retain their shape when cooked.

1. deeply striated to prevent them from losing their shape when boiling.
2. Cook the gnocchi in boiling water until they rise to the surface, then drain.
3. Fry lightly cook the gnocchi in a little olive oil until the bottom is golden brown and crispy.
4. Add a pumpkin seed on top of each gnocchi.

🧅 Ingredients – Creamy Sauce

• 30g of unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 grated garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon of each: onion powder, garlic powder, sage powder
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 3 tablespoons of pumpkin puree
• 1/4 cup of 35 % liquid cream
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

👩‍🍳 Preparing and serving the sauce 

In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until translucent.

Add the garlic and sauté for one minute until it releases its aroma.

Stir in the pumpkin puree, milk, cream, water and spices. Mix well.

Simmer over medium heat, stirring regularly, until the sauce thickens and coats the back of a spoon.

Add the Parmesan cheese and let it melt gently into the sauce. Adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Meanwhile, cook the gnocchi according to the package directions, then drain them.

Serve the gnocchi piping hot, topped with the creamy pumpkin sauce. Enjoy immediately.

👩‍🍳 Little tips from Domaine la Parpaille

You can…

• Replace the sweet potatoes with regular potatoes for a more classic version and a more compact result.
• Replace the cream and milk in the sauce with soy cream and nut-flavored plant-based milk.
• Fry a few sage leaves and add them when serving for even more deliciousness!
• Grate some Parmesan cheese over your gnocchi.