Yesterday I had to make use of some of my leftover polenta from my dinner with friends. Now there are a lot of things you can do with leftover polenta, that mainly involve baking it with some sort of meat sauce or grilling it with cheese, but I wanted something different.
Scouting the web, i found a very interesting recipe for polenta gnocchi. I was sold.
Polenta gnocchi are made mixing leftover polenta with egg and flour and then cooking and using them as gnocchi. I had never heard of them despite coming from the town of polenta. Well they were great.
I decided to add buckwheat flour to give it a more rustic feel and the final result reminded me of the traditional pizzoccheri. They were a great way of using polenta in an unusual way and they are a perfect dish for a cold winter day.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb cooked polenta
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup buckwheat flour
- 1/2 small savoy cabbage
- 1/2 cup diced melting cheese like fontina
- 1+1 tbsp butter
- 1 clove garlic
- sage
- salt
Directions
- Put the cold precooked polenta in a mixer and blend it with the egg until creamy.
- Add the buckwheat flour. You will need more or less 1/3 of a cup, but a lot depends on how sticky your polenta. Add enough flour to get a soft dough that doesn't stick to your hand.
- Form the gnocchi on a floured surface by rolling out the dough in long logs, more or less as thick as a thumb and then cut them in gnocchi. If you want the gnocchi to look super nice, roll them on a fork to give them the characteristic stripes (I never do). Place the gnocchi in the fridge while you prepare the sauce.
- Cut the savoy cabbage in stripes, wash it and stew it with a bit of water until wilted. Drain it and sautee it with 1 spoon butter and salt until cooked.
- Prepare the cheese by dicing it and the rest of the butter by melting it with the sage and the garlic.
- Cook the gnocchi in salted boiling water in batches. Throw 10-20 gnocchi in the pot of boiling water and fish them out once they start floating. Drain them and add them to a bowl. Dress with cheese, cabbage and butter and keep layering the ingredients in the bowl until you run out.
- Do not mix the gnocchi in the bowl, as they are rather soft and would break. If the cheese didn't melt much, you can microwave the bowl for a couple of minutes.
- Serve piping hot.
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Grazie mille! Sono contenta che ti picciano le mie ricette!
This sounds delicious! Just so you know the link from foodbuzz has your URL wrong, you are missing the W in west!
Thanks! I just corrected it!
I have never taste this Polenta Gnocchi with Savoy and Cheese and looking at these pictures makes me think that this is savory indeed! I will try to follow this recipe. Hope I can make this properly… Thanks for sharing the recipe.
It’s pretty easy. I’m sure you’ll do a great job! Thanks for stopping by!
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My mouth is watering!
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Amazing!!!! This would be huge hit in my house! What a great recipe..very very delicious!
Thank you for sharing dear and have a wonderful week!
It sounds interesting like you had said, I never tried polenta in gnocchis yet. But I know polenta is good with cheese the best polenta I had was a deep fried topped with parmesan and its lip smacking good. I will keep this in mind so if I had polentas, will make some gnocchis out of it.
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Hi, I just came to your blog via twitter. Your recipes look fantastic. Cabbage and cheese, gnocchi made from polenta. Tuesdays combinations I would never have thought of, and can’t wait to try.
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OMG, this looked SO good, i wanted cabbage as soon as i saw it! well done!
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Complimenti, in cucina sei sempre molto fantasiosa!!
Questo piatto dev’essere veramente molto gustoso!
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I have eaten polenta gnocchi only once and it was really nice. It wasn’t served with cabbage and cheese though. This looks really good.
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Polenta is one of those things I make extra of – so I can have leftovers. Loving every bit of this!
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che invitante questo piatto! mi ha messo una fame….
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Oh yum! I’ve never heard of polenta gnocchi but it’s such a great idea! Looks fabulous.
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la ricetta ideale per questi giorni glaciali, molto confortevole! buon we….
This is perfect combo in my opinion. Cabbage is one of my favorite vegetable.
Che favola sono appetitosissimi e poi noi siamo nella zona dei pizzocheri e della polenta di grano saraceno se riesco a tradurla bene li provo! Baci e grazie delle tue visite mi fanno molto piacere
I have been wanting to try polenta for a while now… this looks absolutely amazing. I love the savoy cabbage…. really great addition.
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What a delicious looking gnocchi using polenta! I love cabbage too, this sounds really delicious! Have a great weekend Paola!
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Buckwheat flour is a lovely addition here and I am such a fan of polenta that these little pillows look and sound very appetising indeed!
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Mmmmmmmm AMAZING! I had never heard of making gnocchi with polenta either! But they look delicious and I know I would LOVE them… just as much as I love pizzoccheri!!!
))) I just wish I could find that kind of buckwheat flour here… the only one I find is ground very thin… 
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I am new to reading your blog, but am loving your recipes. I have never heard of making gnocchi with polenta, but am bookmarking this to try it. Buzzed!
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Wow! This looks amazing! I love that you sue buckwheat flour and polenta, and gnocchi are my all-time favorite Italian savory dish.
And since I am a cabbage addict, this is about my perfect meal!
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Molto interessante. I have never made this and as I am a big polenta eater I will try it soon! Looks delicious!
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Che buoni questi gnocchi di polenta, ideali per una giornata fredda e ventosa come quella odierna. Un abbracccio Daniela.
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