12 delicious gnocchi recipes that make it look easy

Stefania Ugolini, owner and chef of Auckland’s Pasta & Cuore restaurant shares her sensational handmade potato gnocchi with bolognese sauce recipe

It doesn’t get more delicious than this orange kumara and ricotta gnocchi with fresh tomato sauce. Channel your inner Italian chef and create this dish for dinner in less 40 minutes.

With soft pillows of pumpkin, crispy pancetta, sage and creamy blue cheese, you’ll want to try this Nici’s incredible pumpkin gnocchi recipe for the perfect weeknight meal

These classic little Italian dumplings are delicious in a rich creamy three-cheese sauce.

A ricer or mouli, available from kitchenware stores, will give the best result for smooth potato puree and therefore a lighter gnocchi. Burnt butter and sage sauce is an easy and delicious accompaniment.

This gnocchi dough is very soft, so you’ll need an extra ½ cup of plain (all-purpose) flour for the board when kneading and rolling to prevent it from sticking. Note

Wine can be replaced with water, if preferred. You could use 8 chicken drumsticks in place of the thigh, if preferred. Note

Try using a variety of mushrooms such as flat, cup, button, portobello, oyster and enoki, keeping small mushrooms halved or whole and large types sliced. Cooking the potatoes whole with the peel on keeps the potatoes dry and fluffy-doing this helps to create lightly textured pillows of gnocchi. Note

Gnocchi has a reputation for being lots of work with unpredictable results. What we all want is soft little pillows of pasta eager to soak up whatever sauce we throw at it, yet so often it can turn out chewy. I have Donna Hay to thank for introducing me to gnocchi made with ricotta instead of potatoes, and it’s a dream come true!

This beautifully flavoured ricotta and spinach gnocchi with arrabbiata sauce is the perfect low-carb family meal to serve this week. It’s so delicious that you won’t even miss those carbs!

Use stock cubes to make stock. To reduce acidity of canned tomatoes, add a couple teaspoons of brown sugar. Note