Gnocchi Gnocchi Gnocchi
27 Dec
Twas the day it was Christmas and The Mrs Blogs was cracking her pretty head on the perfect dinner she would cook for her man. Not too heavy she said, for we had a hearty Christmas eve feast the day before. And not too simple for it was a special day of course.
A light bulb went off and ting that woman said ‘I shall cook him a yummy Broccoli and Turkey Ham Casserole’ , ‘incase the other half has bought me something nice for Christmas ‘ she further wishes.
No gift came that night. True story. But they were thankful for this wonderful concoction of fresh green vegs with turkey ham all wrapped in a cheesy rue goodness.
But as that Bastard Murphy would interfere, blast the damn bland recipe off the internet! Luckily, a savior came in the form of Domino’s chilli flakes that was lying around. She got down on her knees and gave thanks to it for providing that extra kick ass flavor. My savior, she said and gave the packet a BIG kiss!
Doctor approved with its vegetable and meat serving 
*rubs tummy*
And twas the day AFTER Christmas called Boxing Day that the Mrs Blogs felt like she had to be as authentic as the Italians are and make her OWN Gnocchi!
She will not lie to you and say this is a walk in the park recipe as it took alot of effort of kneading and shaping the dough until these little bastards were good to go.
Risking a perfect manicure did the day before – that is how much she was willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of this thing called Gnocchi!
She killed 4 potatoes until she could pierce a fork through it and mashed it well until they died a painful death! She devoted herself by throwing in one egg, and then seasoning it with lots black pepper and salt.
Knead knead knead her pretty long fingers did, we need more flour flour flour damnit she yelled told the husband (yes of course she had a little elf helper) until it eventually looked like this.
She then rolled some dough into a dick long fat roll, pinched it off to shape into a ball, pressed it down further with a fork in the middle to look like this:
Purely aesthetic she said. Quite frankly, we could have gone with that dick shape she told her little elf.
And then she murdered these cute little balls again by dropping it into a pot of steaming hot water added with salt and olive oil. With her little evil elf at the side, they waited patiently for it to RISE!
For that was the sign the Gnocchi is READY.
Rise my little Gnocchi munchkins, riseeeeeee! *evil laugh*
Though she really wanted to make her own tomato sauce, she was convinced the bastards in Cold Storage decided to hide all the tomato puree cans away from her, leaving her to buy a ready made pasta sauce in the form of Prego, for she was too cheap to buy the more expensive once.
Saute white onions and garlic she did, throw in the canned sauce and some water to create the perfect sauce, she achieved. And what’s a sauce without some Italian Parsley and Parmesan cheese aye, she said and dumped it all in with full of glee.
And now my little elf can EAT his heart out.
Little Gnocchi’s butchered into half. They were so perfect that it almost made her cry for devoting close to one hour preparing it and sparing only less than 5 minutes to gulp it all up. The world is so cold and cruel sometimes.
On a side note, this is a what Edward and Bella’s baby should really look like…..
Pasty white with blood on her mouth ever so ready to pounce and bite you!
Except………
I iz eating mama’s gnocchi for lunch and loving it! Har har.
The end!
And go try this thing called Gnocchi Gnocchi Gnocchi!
LOL. Gnochi. I wanted to make it sometime back but decided not to. The recipe requires a lot of smashing here and there. Also, I feared that the recipe would fail. Your recipe is quite different from the one I saw. My friend biught me The Dairy Book of Home Cookery for Christmas. She says she learns to cook from this recipe book 20 years ago. It’s all about english foods. There are quite a few interesting recipe. All easy to cook. Now I am so confused. I don’t know what to cook. Your version of Gnochi or something from my recipe book. LOL.
Sairah looks so cute. She is a big girl now :o)
Actually the smashing part is like as though you’re making mashed potato
You definitely cant’ fail this, it’s very easy to do, time consuming only. Actually there’s not much taste to the gnocchi, its only good once you pour the sauce on it. Try it and let me know how it turns out. Get Jove to help you coz you definitely need a help around.
Haha thanks
And your entry sounds cute and humourous :o). Merry Xmas.
Haha thanks. Hope you had a good X’mas!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this! Very cute – fairytale like, Haha! And the gnocchi looks yummy! Too bad I have no elves to help me make them
Haha thanks babe. Time consuming making the gnocchi! When your elf is around, get him to help you
Oh Wow! I just loved the way you wrote the ingredients and directions with such flair! I outta try it out! Perhaps New Year’s Eve dinner
Hahaha was bored at work and decided to use my time by writing this. Do try it, but just to warn you, if you eat it on its own, it’s pretty tasteless la, but goes well with a nice tomato sauce. Alot of work too so hope you have your own lil elf by your side
Happy New Year in advance!