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Delicious recipe for sweet potato gnocchi biofortified
ingredients
- 500 grams of cooked sweet potato biofortified
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- Salt to taste
- 2 chopped tomatoes
- ½ chopped onion
- Basil leaves to taste
- 300 grams of tomato paste
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 liter of water
- Grated cheese to taste
Preparation
Pasta: Cook the biofortified sweet potatoes until soft shell. After cooking, remove the peel and squeeze the potatoes to form a dough. Add one egg yolk and a pinch of salt. Put ½ cup of flour (slowly) to give more consistency to the dough. Take small portions of the dough, roll on a smooth and greased strands forming flour. Cut into small cubes and set aside. Drizzle the cubes with olive oil. Sauce: Sauté garlic and onion in olive oil. Add tomato and basil. Put the tomato paste, salt to taste and cook with ½ cup of water for 15 minutes. Toss the sauce over the cooked cubes and add the grated cheese to taste. Serve immediately.
-By: Patrícia Mendes de Souza