Vegan Gnocchi
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 Potatoes chopped (peeled if desired)
- 1 Sweet Potato chopped (peeled if desired)
- 1 Tablespoon Basil
- 3 Tablespoon Chia Seeds
- 1½ Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 Tablespoon Water
Instructions
- Start by boiling a large pot of water.
- Make a chia seed egg by mixing 1T chia seeds and 3T water together in a bowl, let sit for at least 10 minutes.3 Tablespoon Chia Seeds, 1 Tablespoon Water
- Chop (peel if desired) your potatoes & sweet potato.
- Once water is boiling, add chopped potato and sweet potato to the pot. Boil until potatoes are fork tender.1 Sweet Potato, 3 Potatoes
- After potatoes are done, drain and mash.
- Start a new pot of water (you will cook gnocchi in this).
- To the mashed potatoes, add the remaining ingredients.1 Tablespoon Basil, 1½ Cups All-Purpose Flour
- You should end up with a dough ball. Separate dough ball into quarters, and then make the sections into long ropes – about an inch wide.
- Once you've made the rope – start cutting gnocchi into bite size pieces.
- Drop gnocchi into boiling water and cook until they rise to the top – about 2 minutes.
- Optional – brown gnocchi in a pan. Otherwise, serve with your favorite sauce.
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Angie’s Notes
- Peel the potatoes if you’d like, I prefer to leave the skins on for an easier recipe – just be sure to make your potatoes bite-sized if leaving skins on
- Substitute the chia seed egg for a regular egg
- Add in your favorite herbs – make this recipe your own!
Why I Love This Recipe
Vegan gnocchi is one of my favorite dishes – although making them is a labor of love. I find being in the kitchen relaxing and enjoyable, however, these gnocchi are incredibly labor-intensive. Not much time for multitasking, then again, should I be worried about multitasking while I’m doing something I love?
Gnocchi is very versatile in with the ingredients you can add to make it your own. I love the addition of savory basil to contrast the sweetness of the sweet potato. Of course if you’d rather leave the basil out – that’s totally fine too. I’d rather you have a gnocchi you love – so try adding in your favorite 1-2 spices next time!
I also love that I can use mashed potatoes, with skins, which makes this recipe easier than using a potato ricer. Plus it saves the headache of peeling potatoes. The flour and chia seeds help pull the gnocchi together.
Continue reading to learn more about gnocchi as well as what to put on gnocchi.
How Do You Like Your Vegan Gnocchi?
My favorite part about vegan gnocchi is that it’s customizable. In addition to having some freedom in ingredients, you also have freedom in shape and size!
I frequently make homemade dumplings, and I like to make my dumplings big. Naturally, when I made my gnocchi, I made them large like my dumplings. I called these gnocchi “Angie-fied”.
When coupled with a side dish, gnocchi makes a full meal. Gnocchi can be served as a side or as a main dish – the choice is yours. If you are looking to add greens to make a more nutritional dish – try pairing vegan gnocchi with southern-style greens.
If you have extra time, you can make these gnocchi “fancy” by using a fork and indenting the cut dough instead of just cutting and dropping them into the water. This is a step that doesn’t take too much time, and will make your gnocchi stand out.
What To Put On Vegan Gnocchi
Above all, you should choose something you enjoy eating to put on your gnocchi. A simple tomato sauce pairs well with gnocchi – and as a bonus – I have a perfectly simple tomato sauce that’s easy to make! I prefer mine with a spicy green chili pesto, but gnocchi are also great tossed lightly in butter and topped with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Of course, if you’d like more options, you can read this article from The Spruce Eats. They have 7 sauces that are great for fresh or store-bought gnocchi. There are a few simple recipes included as well!
Looking for more cholesterol-free recipes? Check out all of Angie’s cholesterol-free recipes.
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