The gnocchi can be made several hours ahead of time and refrigerated until you're ready to cook them and assemble the dish.
Total Time: about 1 hour, 20 minutes
Makes 4-6 servings
Ingredients:
For gnocchi:
- 1 1/2 lbs russet potatoes (about 2 large), peeled and cut into small cubes
- 1 C all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
For sauce:
- 4 C prepared tomato sauce (try my quick and easy tomato sauce)
- 6 Tbsp heavy cream
- 4 oz goat cheese
- 9 oz spinach leaves
Procedure:
Put the peeled and cut potatoes into a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes are very tender. Drain, and mash the potatoes until very smooth or push them through a potato ricer. Set aside to cool.
While you're waiting for the potatoes to cool, warm the tomato sauce in a saucepan. Add the goat cheese and cream, and keep on low while you cook the gnocchi and spinach. Rinse the pot you used for the potatoes and bring 4 quarts of water to boil for the gnocchi and spinach.
When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, add the salt and about 3/4 of the flour to the mashed potatoes and stir or knead with your hands to combine. If the dough is still sticky or falls apart easily, add few more tablespoons of flour. You only need enough flour to be able to roll the dough easily. Divide the dough in half and roll into ropes 1-inch thick. Cut the ropes into 3/4-inch pieces. Roll each gnocchi over the tines of the back of a fork.
Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly around the edges.