Recipe Tip: Nettle Gnocchi - Falstaff
Top Recipe for 4 Persons by Constantin Fischer. All ingredients and tips for getting it right. Constantin Fischer presents his version of a springtime pasta - nettle gnocchi with asparagus and strawberries.
Ingredients
- 1 kgfloury potatoes
- 300 gflour
- 1egg
- 1 handfulnettle
- 1 handfulsorrel
- salt
- 250 gasparagus, white
- 200 gbaby spinach
- ¼ lwhite wine
- 1 teaspoon(s)vegetable stock granules
- 1cinnamon stick, approx. 4 cm
- 1star anise
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
- peanut oil
- 250 gstrawberries
- 1orange
- Tonka bean
- salt
- black pepper
- parmesan, shaved
Instructions
Step 1
Peel potatoes and boil in salted water for approx. 25 minutes until soft, strain and let dry.Step 2
Finely chop nettle and sorrel. Then mash the potatoes and knead together with the egg, flour, nettle, sorrel and a little salt into a dough.Step 3
Form rolls approx. 1.5 cm thick from the dough and cut them into gnocchi-sized pieces. Always dust with flour.Step 4
Cook gnocchi in well-salted, simmering water until they float on top. Strain and pour into a bowl.Step 5
Remove the stalk from the strawberries, cut them into small cubes and place them in a bowl. Add a little grated orange peel, grated tonka bean, salt, pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Mix gently.Step 6
Cut off the ends of the asparagus and peel the stalks. Then cut diagonally into thin slices and fry them in a pan with a little peanut oil. Deglaze with white wine. Add the soup/stock powder, cinnamon stick and star anise and bring to the boil briefly. Then add the spinach and leave to infuse for a few minutes.Step 7
To serve, shave a little Parmesan over the dish. Photos of the preparation in the picture gallery.Step 8
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