African Potato Gnocci #sp5

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (16 ounce) bag simply potatoes traditional mashed potatoes
• 1 tablespoon berbere, spice
• 8 roasted garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 8 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
• 4 scallions, sliced on the bias
• 4 okra, cut in half
• 1 sweet potato, cubed
• 1/2 cup sweet potato water
• 1 tablespoon natural-style peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon tomato paste
• 2 ounces fresh yellow onions
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 ounce fresh jalapeno
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 ounce ginger (freshly ground)
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil

Recipe

• 1 for the gnocchi:.
• 2 mix all ingredients in a bowl until just barely stiff.
• 3 roll into log and cut inch pieces. put a medium pot of water on to boil with a little salt. once boiling, add gnocchi pieces and cook for 5 minutes. take out and put on sheet tray and pop in the freezer.
• 4 prepping the entrée:.
• 5 dice the sweet potatoes into medium cubes. put cubes in a small pot of cold water. bring to a boil and cook until just cooked. save water for sauce.
• 6 slice tomatoes, okra and scallions.
• 7 for the sauce:.
• 8 put garlic, onion and ginger in a small blender. add a little sweet potato water if not blending to a paste.
• 9 small dice the jalapeno. sautee in a medium pan with peanut oil.
• 10 add garlic, onion & ginger paste. sautee with jalapeno and add thyme and bay leaf. once fragrant, add tomato paste, natural peanut butter, and sweet potato water. whisk until thick.
• 11 assembling the meal:.
• 12 take gnocchi out of the freezer. they should be cooled completely. heat sautee pan to medium heat and a little peanut oil. throw in gnocchi & entrée veggies and sautee until gnocchi has a little color. add sauce and serve.