Gnocchi, light soft little dumplings, is one of those things that can either be exceedingly good, or really bad (or at least unexceptional). I used to buy dried gnocchi from Trader Joe’s and thought they were pretty good…until I had some homemade gnocchi, and realized that what I’d been buying were much too heavy and dense. Good potato gnocchi will have just enough substance to have a little bite to them, but still be light and fluffy.
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