Potato Gnocchi

Preparation

• 1
  Boil the potatoes in their skins in salt water until they are tender
• 2
  Once boiled peel them and mash them with a potato masher or even in a blender. It needs to be mashed so it is smooth
• 3
  Put the potato mash into a large bowl and add the flour, butter and egg yolk
• 4
  Mix it using your hands until it is the texture of dough
• 5
  Separate the mixture into lumps the size of a fist
• 6
  Roll these out so they are long and about 2cm thick
• 7
  Cut 3cm pieces of the dough and use a fork to imprint the dough. Be firm when doing this so that an imprint is left
• 8
  Cook the gnocchi in salted boiling water for three minutes
• 9
  Serve with your favourite pasta sauce.