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One of my goals while in Firenze is to learn to cook some Italian meals, and a student who lived in the apartment before left Italy for the Gourmet Traveler by Fred Plotkin. It’s a book that has information about restaurants and recipes broken down by region, which I am looking forward to going through. However, I decided to start things off by making gnocchi from scratch using a recipe I found here. Overall, things went pretty well — I think the greatest difficulty was finding a way to mash up the potatoes. I settled on using a glass with a flat bottom, but if you have a grater or food processor, that would probably work better. Still, I think they turned out well:

The thing I love about Italian food is that it often uses a few simple ingredients and yet still tastes great. This gnocchi has two more great things about it. First, it is inexpensive — the ingredients cost me little more than a few Euro. Secondly, it’s very filling. No need to go back for seconds with this recipe. This is a delicious recipe that I would encourage anyone to try. Happy cooking!