Creamy Homemade Gnocchi
Recipe for Hillsborough Kinder for week of January 19-23, 2026. Please note recipes are subject change due to ingredient availability.
Servings Prep Time
4servings 20minutes
Cook Time
35minutes
Servings Prep Time
4servings 20minutes
Cook Time
35minutes
Ingredients
Homemade Gnocchi
  • 1/2cup potato flakes
  • 1cup hot wateradd more as needed
  • 1cup all purpose flour
  • 1 egg
  • Dash Salt
  • 1/2cup olive oilfor boiling and to prevent sticking when gnocchi is cooked
Sauce
  • Dash Salt
  • Pinch black pepperdivided
  • 1teaspoon olive oil
  • 1/2teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 3 garlic clovesminced
  • 1/2cup heavy cream
  • 4cups kalethinly sliced
Instructions
To Make the Gnocchi Dough
  1. Start by mixing water and potato flakes together and combine until a mashed potato consistency forms. Once potato flake mixture has been made, make a well and add egg, salt, and sprinkle the flour over the potatoes. Combine all ingredients until the dough starts to form. Knead gently until a dough ball forms and is dry to the touch.
  2. Roll baseball-sized ball of dough into 3/4-inch diameter dowels and cut dowels into 1-inch-long pieces. Flick pieces off the gnocchi board until dowel is finished. Drop these pieces into boiling water and cook until they float (about 1 minute). Meanwhile, continue with the remaining dough.
To Make the Sauce
  1. Add garlic to a pan with olive oil. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium and stir in cream and salt and pepper. Simmer for 2 minutes. Stir in kale.
Cooking the Gnocchi
  1. Add rolled out gnocchi to boiling water. As gnocchi float to top of boiling water, remove them to a bowl with oil to prevent them from sticking together. Continue the same process with the rest of the dough.
Finishing the Pasta
  1. Add the cooked pasta to the pan and turn to coat with the sauce.