I saw this recipe on Everyday Italian, only, the recipe that was in the episode doesn't quite match the recipe on the website. Strange.In the episode, she used a half of a cup of sugar, and a tablespoon or so of cinnamon, which is different than the website version.
I made my own version so I guess it doesn't matter. I was kind of bummed that I couldn't get the sugar to dissolve in the butter. At least it looked that way but in the end, the sugar dissolved and this came out pretty good.
I've never had gnocchi before so this was a completely different dessert for me and definitely not the way I intended to have it initially. Nice change. (I intended to add the gnocchi to tomato sauce)
This is how I made this:
1 & 1/2 cups gnocchi, boiled in salted water until tender (per package instructions), and drained
Set this aside.
In the same saucepan that I cooked the gnocchi in (empty now but still hot) I added:
1/2 stick butter
1 cinnamon stick
Melt the butter, and then add:
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
Cook this mixture until the sugar melts, or, 3-5 minutes on low to medium heat, stirring often.
Remove the cinnamon stick. Add the drained gnocchi.
In both the website and TV episode version of this recipe, that was it. Done. In my version, I cooked the gnocchi in the sauce another two minutes.
That's it. Plate it and enjoy.
Definitely have to serve this warm!
I felt better having used much less butter, but wondered if more butter made the sauce thicker. Possibly. But I'd rather have a slightly looser sauce and know I used a lot less butter.
Another good thing about this recipe is the wonderful way it makes your kitchen smell. Dessert and aromatherapy all in one. Nice!
