Thursday, February 16, 2006

Papaya Gnocchi

Finished off the last of the unripe papaya the other night. Found a pumpkin gnocchi recipe and used the papaya instead of pumpkin and added some crushed hazelnuts for good measure. The gnocchi were a little soft but filling and they tasted as they should, i.e. kind of bland but soothing. We couldn't taste the hazelnuts at all - guess we'll need to use more next time. We invented a sauce to go with it using an onion base. The sauce was interesting, but didn't quite fit. Still an interesting experiment.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Did you toast the hazelnuts? That can help bring out the nutty flavor. Another option might be using hazelnut oil in the sauce.

Can I put in a request for a sample of the final dish?
Karen B