Layered Gnocchi

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 2 cups mashed potatoes
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• 1 1/2 cups thin sauce, heated
• 1 cup tomato sauce, heated
• 1 pinch paprika
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk

Recipe

• 1 mix ricotta, potatoes, eggs, parmesan and salt. add flour. mix. chill one hour.
• 2 pinch small pieces of dough the size of a thumb. drop pieces of dough in boiling salted water. cook 8 minutes drain.
• 3 place half of gnocchi in a baking dish. add half of mozarella cheese, sauce, paprika and tomato sauce. repeat with second layer.
• 4 (to make sauce: melt butter. stir in flour. slowly pour in milk and beat over heat until it forms a thin sauce).
• 5 bake 20 mins 375°f.