Gnocchi alla romana

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 people, you will need:

• 1 1 litre whole milk
• 2 80 g butter
• 3 250 g couscous
• 4 100 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
• 5 ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 6 2 egg yolks
• 7 20 g butter
• 8 50 g Comté cheese
• 9 salt
• 10 pepper
• Total weight: 1,545 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	2 hours	30 min.	2 hours 60 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Put a large pan on medium heat and add 1 litre whole milk, 80 g butter, salt and pepper.
2	Heat until just simmering and the butter is completely melted.
3	In a bowl, use a whisk to mix together 250 g couscous (fine or coarse), the grated 100 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) and ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg.
4	Tip this mixture into the hot milk off the heat, and mix with a whisk.
5	Add 2 egg yolks, still whisking.
6	Put back on low heat and continue whisking until smooth. Change the whisk for a soft spatula and keep the pan on low heat for a further 3 or 4 minutes to dry the mixture out.
7	Take off the heat and transfer about a third of the mixture onto a sheet of stretch plastic film. Leave to cool for 5 minutes.
8	Roll up in the film and shape into a sausage about an inch and a half (4 cm) thick. Tie the ends with string.
9	Use up the rest of the gnocchi mixture like this. Lay the sausages on a baking sheet and refrigerate for about 2 hours.
10	Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C). Generously butter a gratin dish.
11	Take the plastic film off the dough sausages...
12	...and cut into thick slices.
13	Arrange in the dish, slightly overlapping.
14	Scatter the grated 50 g Comté cheese over.
15	Bake for 20 minutes, with the last 5 minutes on grill setting to brown the top. Your gnocchi are ready to enjoy.

Remarks

You can use a different hard-paste cheese, such as Cantal or Cheddar instead of Comté.

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