Tonight's dinner started out simply enough. Gnochhi, an Italian potato dumpling. They are delicious, and usually dressed pretty simply, lots of time with pesto. Tonight, I wanted just some olive oil and parmesan with a dollop of ricotta. I took a picture of it. I thought, hhmmmm. Bland looking. You know what would make that look better?
Red sauce. Wouldn't red sauce make a better picture? Yeah, I think it did. (Ignore the fact that I didn't take the picture as well the second time, I can assure you, it looked fresher and more lovely with red sauce).But it didn't make a better dish! I had already taken a bite of the gnochhi with olive oil, and I loved it. With read sauce it was just ok. And I knew that would happen. I don't particularly like gnochhi with red sauce. Since they are made of potato, red sauce is not really the thing with it. I wouldn't put read sauce on a baked potato, and I don't love it on potato dumpling. So why did I do it? I knew it would have a better look. Sort of stupid, that's the moral of this story.
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3 comments:
I feel the same way about red sauce on gnocchi! A savory olive oil concoction is usually best. Or olive oil and cheese, or some yummy herbs.
I've never tried making gnocchi at home - they seem so intimidating because I've eaten really doughy, tasteless gnocchi before - even in restaurants!
Um, my fave gnocchi topping is a sage brown butter sauce. But honestly, I'll eat gnocchi with anything :)
All sound like great toppings for gnocchi- especially the sage butter! I love any brown butter. No time for red sauce. Also, Jill, a good at home brand for gnocchi is Alessi (I think) in the pasta aisle.
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