Pumpkin gnocchi RECIPE

Good morning everyone and happy holidays! Today's post is a really yummi one, it's one of my favourite dishes ever and the recepie was created by my lovely mom. It's a new modern version of a very traditional italian dish Gnocchi. This type of "pasta" is originally made using potatoes but my mom has replaced it with pumpkin making it not only healthier but tastier.. The recipe is very easy and it doesn't take a lot of time.
This recipe is for 4 people.

INGREDIENTS:
- 1kg of pumpkin puree (in Italy we don't have canned pumpkin puree so i had to make my own, i'll show you how)
-500g of all purpuse flour
-1 egg
-salt
-nutmeg
-parmigiano cheese

TOOLS:
-a small striped wood board. It's tool created to give gnocchi their shape but you can use anything similar to it
-a rolling pin

1) Cut the pumpkin in small pieces, remember to clean it first, remove any filaments or seeds. Put it in the microwave or in the oven until is pretty much dehydrated. Blend it util you have a puree.

2) Add 1 egg, 2tbsp of parmigiano, a litte bit of nutmeg and a little bit of salt.

3) mix everything together  and start adding the flour. Keep pooring it until the consistence is similar to the playdo.

4) On a non-stick surface poor some flour and stretch the dough with a rolling pin. The thickness should be about 3mm.

5) Roll the stripes in little cylinders and cut them in little pieces

6) Now the fun part! Take the Gnocchi board-maker and swipe the little pieces one at the time with your fingers, don't use a lot of pressure, be delicate. You should get the typical gnocchi shape. If they're not perfect don't worry, it does take practice, i swear they will taste just as good!

7) Now that you have your super yummi gnocchi it's time to cook them!

8) In a pot full of boiling water poor a hand full of coarse salt and then poor the gnocchi, they cook very very fast so be carefull, they only need a cupple of minutes. When you feel they are ready, put them in the bowl of your choice and add a piece of butter and some chopped sage and parmigiano cheese.
Enjoy!

If you have any questions please don't esistate asking :)