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Crispy tomtato gnocchi with vegetable ragout and yoghurt sauce

the next level of gnocchi: strong and aromatic taste, supercrispy on the outside and soft and smooth on the inside
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Servings: 2 people
Author: Lena

Ingredients

Tomato gnocchi:

  • 600 g potatoes
  • 110 g dried tomatoes in oil
  • 120 g flour
  • ½ tsp salt

Vegetable ragout:

  • olive oil
  • 70 g leek
  • 100 g eggplant
  • 100 g zucchini
  • 100 g peperoni
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 30 ml white wine

Yoghurt sauce:

  • 100 g plain yoghurt
  • lemon juice of ½ lemon
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

  • Start to boil the potatoes until they're soft boiled.
  • Pass the boiled potatoes throgh a potato ricer or a meat grinder and let them cool. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celcius or 390 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Mix the dried tomatoes with their oil in a mixer until you get a smooth tomato paste.
  • Mix the potato puree with the tomato paste, salt and flour. Knead the dough and divide it in 4 balls. Roll every ball out to a long snake with the caliber of 2 cm. Cut 2 cm long pieces out of the snake and place them on a baking sheet. Bake them in the oven for 20 - 30 minutes until light brown and supercrisy.
  • Wash all the vegetables and cut them into 0,8 cm cubes and the leek in thin slices.
  • Start to sauté the leek in a saucepan on high heat with some olive oil. After 1 minute throw in the other vegetables, season them with salt and pepper and sauté for another 3 minutes.
  • Add the tomato paste and deglace the vegetables with the white wine. Let the vegetables roast for 5 minutes and if necessary, add a splash of water or vegetable broth.
  • Mix all the ingredients of the yoghurt sauce.
  • Take the gnocchi out of the oven and plate them with the vegetable ragout, the yoghurt sauce and some chopped chives.