Here is the egg-free version of this seasonal dish with a sweet and delicious taste, with many proposals for seasonings and wines to match
Even if the most skeptical will find it hard to believe in it, prepare tasty dishes at home pumpkin gnocchi without using the eggs you can. And it's also very simple: that's all there is to know.
Only pumpkin, flour, salt and wheat semolina
Typical dish of the tradition Italian widespread from North to south, i gnocchi of pumpkin they are usually prepared using at least one egg (when the guests are four). To be able to do without this ingredient, however, there is aalternative. First you need to get everything you need, namely: 800 grams of pumpkin 200 grams of flour 00, salt, and 100 grams of durum wheat.
How to prepare pumpkin gnocchi without eggs
To prepare the pumpkin dumplings without eggs, it starts with peeling and cleaning the pumpkin inside. You cut the pulp in pieces and settle on one baking sheet covered with parchment paper. It is left in the oven for half an hour at 180 degrees and, after having cooled it for a few minutes, you pass the pumpkin in a mixer so as to eliminate as much as possible water possible. The result will be one puree to move in a bowl stirring with a pinch of salt and the flour. Continue to turn the mixture and, after spreading the durum wheat flour on a clean and lightly floured work surface, roll up the dough giving it one long and not too thick. The dumplings of the preferred size are made with the tip of a knife. As the gnocchi are prepared, they are placed on another floured surface, so as to prevent them from sticking together. At this point all that remains is to fill a pot with water, add the salt, bring to a boil and cook pumpkin dumplings without eggs drain them as soon as they start coming to the surface.
Condiments and wine pairings
Before serving – indeed, even before deciding to prepare this dish – it is essential to choose the seasoning quite right. The solutions are many: you can opt for a dish with butter, sage and pecorino, or with fresh tomatoes and basil or with butter is nutmeg. Other winning couplings are leek and shrimp, mushrooms and aromatic herbs or gorgonzola and walnuts. Fantasy and flavor, when it comes to pumpkin gnocchi without eggs, I'm definitely at home. When instead it has to be decided which wine match to this preparation, better not to take risks. Considering the taste very special of the dish, the advice is to choose between Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Vermentino is Prosecco: are all options that, between bubbles is good structure, guarantee the exaltation of the flavors of these gnocchi with an orange heart.
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