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Pop–Pop’s gnocchi

Ricotta cheese gnocchi

Pop-Pop's handwritten recipe for ricotta cheese gnocchi
Written out by hand.Kept as found

Ingredients

3 cups
ricotta
4
eggs
4 Tbs.
vegetable oil
6 cups
all-purpose flour
1 cup
grated cheese
2 tsp.
salt
½ tsp.
ground black pepper
½ tsp.
garlic powder

The way he wrote it

  1. Combine all dry ingredients.
  2. Combine ricotta, eggs, oil.
  3. Add flour mix a little at a time.
  4. Knead for a couple of minutes.
  5. Cut and roll into ropes about ½ inch thick, and cut into 1 inch pieces.
  6. Roll pieces on the tines of a fork.
  7. Cook in salted boiling water. When they float to the top they are cooked.