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Buckwheat Flour & Potato Gnocchi 

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Ladies and gentlemen here’s another delicious simple recipe for you to create…

…you’ll soon be making your own gnocchi at a speedy efficient rate!

 Ingredients

  • Some peeled and diced chopped potatoes
  • 1 cup of Buckwheat Flour 

Steam potatoes until soft enough to mash through…  

Then use a fork, masher or ricer to soften – don’t use a blender whatever you do! Here’s the final result fluffy, silky and smooth:  
You can add any seasonings at this point if you’re in a real culinary groove 😉  

Then measure out one cup of buckwheat flour ready to pour…  

…into your mixing bowl and make a hole in the centre for…   

…your fluffy potato, add to the centre in a ball……and knead the flour into the potato here’s what it should look like in all…  
Roll the dough into little round balls just like so…  

  …and place them in a pan of boiling water, and when they’re ready how will you know?

Because in a minute or two they’ll rise up to the top! And that’s when you take them out so the cooking will stop!

Then serve warm with your favourite sauce, we used tomato as you can see here…    

After this delicious meal you’ll soon be in good cheer!   

Dinners, Lunch, Salads

Beetroot Coconut Flour Gnocchi 

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We used to assume that Gnocchi was always made with potatoes and since converting to a gluten free diet we were determined to find a way to make it without wheat. 

The great thing about making meals homemade is you actually have to learn about what you’re eating! Before we could make gnocchi however we had to learn exactly what it is! 

According to Wikipedia Gnocchi are: “various thick, soft dough dumplings that may be made from semolina,[1] ordinary wheat flour,[2]egg,[3] cheese,[4] potato,[5]breadcrumbs,[6] or similar ingredients” 

Wow, learn something new everyday! We had no idea you could even make gnocchi without potatoes. And so ladies and gentlemen we present to you a recipe for coconut flour gnocchi: 

Ingredients: 

  • 4 tablespoons of coconut flour
  • 3 flax eggs (3 tablespoons of ground flaxseed and 9 tablespoons of water) 
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 tablespoon basil
  • 2 teaspoons beetroot powder

Makes 15 gnocchi balls.

Add all dry ingredients to a mixing bowl…. 

 Add flax eggs and mix well until consistency feels like a sticky dough. 

A sticky, well combined PINK dough! 

Then roll mixture into approximately 1/2 inch balls and leave to chill in the fridge for at least an hour ( or more) We left them for 2 hours. 

    

   

Then heat a pan until it begins to boil. When the water is boiling add the little balls of gnocchi in. When they rise to the top (it’ll take about 2 minutes) catch them with a slotted spoon and set aside.

    Serve with salad…

   

And/or add your favourite sauce. We added a homemade blend of tomato and basil 👌🍅

Voila! A delicious nutritious lunch 😋