Gnocchi

Italian food · pasta · dumplings

Potatoes plus flour. The basic recipe for gnocchi is just mashed potatoes, wheat flour, an egg, and a pinch of salt all rolled together into little dough balls.

Many flavor variations. Cooks add all sorts of things to gnocchi dough to make it more interesting, like cheese, herbs, breadcrumbs, cornmeal, or even vegetables mixed right in.

Flexible ingredients. You can swap out traditional ingredients for other options, such as using sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes or rice flour instead of wheat flour, though these are less common.

Small rolls of dough. Gnocchi start as small rolls of dough that get boiled in water until they float to the top, then served with sauce just like pasta.