Who knows how many times it will have happened to us to have some bread left over and to forget it for a few days in the paper bag! So today I would like to offer you a "recovery" recipe to avoid throwing away the food (it would be a real shame!): In addition to cakes, you can prepare fabulous gnocchi with stale bread! Let's find out the recipe!
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 191 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
For the gnocchi
- 300 g of stale bread
- About 80 g of breadcrumbs
- About 100 g of white flour type 00
- 30 g of grated Parmesan cheese
- 200 ml of water
- 1 grated nutmeg
- Q.b. of pepper
- Q.b. of salt
- 1 pinch of baking soda
- A few basil leaves
- 1 sprig of parsley
- A few stalks of chives
For the sauce
- 1 clove of garlic
- Q.b. of pepper
- Q.b. of salt
- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 400 g of tomato sauce
- 20 g of grated Parmesan cheese
Materials Needed
- Pastry board
- Bowl
- Spoons
- Casserole for dumplings
- Sauce pan
- Knife
- Skimmer
Preparation
- First, devote yourself to the preparation of the sauce. Heat a saucepan, add a drizzle of oil and flavor with a clove of garlic. Pour the tomato puree, season with salt and pepper. Leave to cook for half an hour.
- Meanwhile, cut the stale bread into small cubes, removing the crust if necessary.
- Combine the bread cubes in a bowl.
- Heat the milk and water, then add the liquids slowly in the bread bowl until a soft consistency is obtained. Leave to rest so that the bread becomes soft.
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The precise doses of milk and water depend on the type of bread used and the degree of humidity in it.- Fill a saucepan with plenty of water, add salt to taste and bring to a boil.
- Squeeze the bread to remove any excess milk, and combine it in another bowl. Season with salt, nutmeg and pepper, and flavor with chopped herbs to taste (eg chives, basil and parsley). two eggs, grated Parmesan cheese, white flour and as much breadcrumbs as necessary to obtain a very thick, sticky and workable batter.Add a pinch of baking soda, which will give it a swollen and soft consistency.
- At this point, with the help of two teaspoons, take a little of the mixture and roll it in your wet hands to give it an elliptical shape. Proceed in this way until all the batter is used up. Dip the gnocchi in boiling water, removing them with a skimmer as they emerge.
- Season the gnocchi with the tomato sauce and finish with fresh basil and parmesan cheese.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Fantastic: with some bread that seemed almost unusable we got this delicious dish instead! Don't you like tomato? You can accompany the bread dumplings with a delicious cheese sauce!Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
Bread Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce are a first course with a medium-low caloric intake.
Energy is mainly supplied by carbohydrates, followed by lipids and finally by proteins.
Carbohydrates are mainly complex (starch), unsaturated fatty acids and peptides of medium biological value.
Cholesterol is almost absent and fibers are abundant.
Bread Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce are a food that easily contextualizes in most diets; they must be taken in moderation by overweight subjects and must be eliminated from the diet against celiac disease and lactose intolerance. They are not part of the vegan diet.
The average portion is about 200g (380kcal).
