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Spicy Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Creamy Gorgonzola Cheese Sauce

2009 SWEET REWARDS SECOND PLACE SIDES

Ingredients:

2 cups 1 40 oz Pricella sweet potato
4 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, canned
2 tsp salt
4 Tbs honey
1 1/2 cups flour, or more if the dough is too sticky
1 cup cream
1/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
1/2 cup toasted crunchy chopped walnuts
black pepper if you like
chopped sage

Instructions:

Drain sweet potato.
Mix sweet potato, chipotle peppers, salt and honey in a blender until smooth.
Put the mixture in a large bowl. Add the flour. Mix by hand until you have a nice pliable ball of dough. Do not over mix.
Prepare a work area and dust it with flour. Take the dough, a piece at a time, and roll it out gently with your hands until you have rolls about 3/4 inch in diameter. Cut the tubes of dough into pieces about one inch long.
Add the pieces in the boiling water. Do not add too many. Cook them until they rise to the surface. Drain well.
Heat cream in a pan over medium heat. Add gorgonzola cheese when cream starts bubbling. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Add black pepper if you like.
Put gnocchi in a dish, pour hot sauce, sprinkle crunchy walnuts and sage.

MAKES 3 SERVINGS

Credits:

Ayako Monier
Albuquerque, NM