Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Maple Bacon Sauce

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Ingredients:

  • 6 sweet potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 to 3 cups flour
  • ½ pound bacon, diced
  • ¼ cup maple syrup

Preparation:

1) Peel, cook and puree sweet potatoes

2) Mix sweet potato puree, salt, nutmeg, pepper and 1 cup flour

3) Slowly add flour until dough begins to form and becomes too hard to stir

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4) Heavily flour counter/cutting board and turn dough onto surface

5) Continue handkneading and adding flour until dough is no longer sticky

6) Divide dough into 6 even pieces and roll each piece into a long about ¾ inch in diameter

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8) Add pasts pillows into salted boiling water and cook until they float (do in small batches or they will stick together)

9) Meanwhile, cook bacon in skillet

10) When bacon is cooked through, add maple syrup and simmer until thickened

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11) Drain pasta and toss with maple bacon sauce

 

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