Sweet Potato Gnocchi With Goats Cheese and Wilted Salad

Great use of left over mashed sweet potato. Light and fresh with lots of flavour.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  kg sweet potato
• 125  g parmesan cheese
• 1  pinch nutmeg
• 500  g plain flour
• 2  egg yolks
• 100  g rocket
• 100  g spinach
• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 2  tablespoons  balsamic vinegar
• 1  garlic clove, roasted
• 300  g  goat cheese (diced)
• 1⁄4 bunch basil leaves
• 150  g sun-dried tomatoes
•  salt
•  pepper

Directions

1. Gnocchi:
2. Steam or boil potatoes until cooked through and soft.
3. Peel potatoes and pass through mouli or ricer, make a well in the centre.
4. Add flour,nutmeg, parmesan and egg yolks and mix into a soft dough, Adjust seasoning.
5. Roll into a sausage shape and cut into bite size pieces.
6. Blanch gnocchi in salted boiling water when gnocchi floats to top its cooked.
7. Scoop with a spider and refresh in ice cold water then drain.
8. To serve:
9. Heat olive oil in a frypan. Add garlic and tomatoes and balsamic vinegar to the pan, add gnocchi, and toss in pan. Add the greens and allow to wilt slightly, season to taste.
10. Place in a bowl and crumble the goat cheese over the top.