Knock out some Gnocchi!

Inspired by two greedy Italians I made some gnocchi, but in a cheesy way. Instead of potatoes i used ricotta. Making this delicious dumpling all the more decedent. 

"Y i cooking soooo good!" 

 Recipe:

The sauce:
3 cloves of garlic
Half a bulb of fennel
one rasher of bacon
two tins of tomatoes.
Olive oil
Thyme

Get the pot hot add a decent amount of olive oil, submerge the garlic and fennel into it and let it cook until slightly golden. Then add the bacon cook a little more. Then  the canned tomatoes some water and let it come to the boil and simmer. Leave for the amount of time it takes to make your gnocchi, then blend and serve with parmesan.

The gnocchi:
200g flour
225 grams of ricotta
3 egg yolks
salt
black pepper
nutmeg

Mix it all together in a bowl to form a dough then knock it out onto a floured surface and knead it for 5 minutes. Then roll it out into long cylinders like so:

Cut the cylinders into bite size pieces.

Then roll them on the back of a fork, to make a nice shape. 

Cook in a pot of boiling water until they rise to the top. Scoop them out and dose with olive oil. 

Serve with the blended sauce. Delicimo!

MOF MOF

I bet you're wondering what MOF MOF stands for..  Its a culinary term less used today but i think the most important when approaching day to day cooking. Take it on, and it will change your world.

Minimum Of Fuss
Maximum Of Flavour. 

Its all about letting ingredients speak for themselves. Using simple methods of cookery to exaggerate their unique tastes.
Here are some of my MOF MOF food ways:

Best way to eat fish: Seared with lemon.
Best way to eat tomato: Smothered in olive oil and a pinch of salt on a thick slice of bread.
Best way to eat bread: With butter.
Best way to eat a pear: Poached in sugar syrup with cardamon.
Best way to eat raspberries: Fresh on their own, or on a sweet tart with Creme patissier custard.
Best way to eat eggs: Scrambled. Whipped with a touch of cream and cooked on a stove.
Best way to eat cheese: On its own with crackers, or melted into a puffy soufflé.
Best way to eat potato: cooked in water and mashed with cream butter and salt.

And last but not least.. Lemons!!!!

My favourite way to give a lemon so that it has maximum flavour with minimum fuss is my Nanna's Lemon pudding.
It captures everything about the lemon, it's sour zang, its pure taste, yellow colour and zestational deliciousness. This isn't too rich and is a perfect way to finish of a light meal. Its simple, no fuss cooking.

And here is the orginal recipe passed down from generation to generation. My present to you reader!

MOF MOF.
*and yes i know this recipe ridiculously calls for MARGARINE! i would most definitely go with butter!