Provence & Côte D’azur — Niçoise & Coastal Specialties
Not drying the chard sufficiently, producing a wet dough that is impossible to shape. Adding too much flour to compensate for wet chard, creating heavy, leaden gnocchi. Making them too large—they should be modest in size, about 5cm. Boiling too vigorously, which breaks the delicate gnocchi apart. Serving without the final sauté in olive oil, which adds essential flavour and colour.
Not drying the chard sufficiently, producing a wet dough that is impossible to shape. Adding too much flour to compensate for wet chard, creating heavy, leaden gnocchi. Making them too large—they should be modest in size, about 5cm. Boiling too vigorously, which breaks the delicate gnocchi apart. Serving without the final sauté in olive oil, which adds essential flavour and colour.
Merda de Can connects to similar techniques: Malfatti, Strangolapreti, Spinatknödel.
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