Name: Homemade Sweet Potato Gnocchi (3 Ingredients)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes; 2.5 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons salt

Homemade Sweet Potato Gnocchi (3 Ingredients)

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Homemade Sweet Potato Gnocchi (3 Ingredients)

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Ingredients

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Homemade Sweet Potato Gnocchi (3 Ingredients)

2 sweet potatoes

2 ½ cups all-purpose flourdivided

2 teaspoons salt

Instructions

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Poke a few holes in the sweet potatoes with a fork, and then bake them for 40-50 minutes or until tender. You’ll know they’re done when a fork can be pressed into the center rather easily. Set aside to let cool enough for you to handle them easily.

Combine the salt and 2 cups of the flour. Flour a work surface and pour your flour mixture onto the surface. Make a well in the middle of the flour.

Once the sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, remove the skin and place them, one at a time, into the potato ricer.* Rice both of the potatoes right on top of the flour.

Once all of the potato has been riced, flour your hands and begin working the sweet potato into the flour. Continue to work the mixture until it’s fully combined. You don’t want the dough to be sticky so keep adding flour until you get a nice dry dough. This *could* take a decent bit of extra flour if your potatoes were on the larger side.

Once fully combined, roll the dough into a ball and cut it into eight even pieces. Roll each piece into a long log that's about 1/2 an inch thick. Cut pieces the gnocchi into 1 inch pieces. Gently toss each piece into flour to ensure that it's dry and not sticky at any edges. Continue until you've cut out pieces from all of the dough. Optional: using a gnocchi board or fork, press grooves into each piece of gnocchi.

The gnocchi can be stored in the fridge for 3 days, the freeze for a few weeks, or cooked right away.

To cook the gnocchi

Heat a pot of salted water to a boil. Add in the gnocchi and let cook for a couple minutes. Once the gnocchi floats to the surface of the water, let it boil for 30 more seconds and then remove it from the water using a slotted spoon.

Toss in your favorite sauce (I like toss mine in a bit of dairy free butter and fresh herbs) and ENJOY!

Notes

*If you don’t have a potato ricer, you can simple mash the potatoes in a large bowl with a fork. You just want to be sure to get them nice and mashed with little to no lumps in it.

Storage Instructions

Fridge: Store uncooked gnocchi for up to 3 days

Freezer: Freeze in a single layer, then transfer to a bag for a few weeks

To cook from frozen: Boil straight from frozen—no need to thaw

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Tips & Tricks (5)

Dry Your Sweet Potatoes Thoroughly 🥔
Bake sweet potatoes until completely tender, then scoop out the flesh and press it through a ricer or fine sieve while still warm to remove excess moisture, which prevents dense, gluey gnocchi.
Work with Cool Dough 🧊
Let your sweet potato mixture cool completely before kneading in flour, as warm dough absorbs too much flour and results in tough gnocchi instead of pillowy ones.
Minimize Flour Incorporation 🌾
Add flour gradually in small amounts while mixing gently—use only what's needed for the dough to barely hold together, as overworking with excess flour is the primary cause of dense texture.
Test Cook Before Boiling Batch 🧪
Boil a single gnocchio first to check texture and doneness; if it falls apart, add a touch more flour; if it's dense, your ratio was too heavy on flour.
Toast Before Serving 🔆
Pan-fry cooked gnocchi in brown butter for 2-3 minutes to create a delicate golden crust that enhances the subtle sweetness and adds textural contrast to each bite.