Howdy!
How was your Saturday? Since I was able to do all my household chores yesterday afternoon (hello 57 loads of laundry!) I got to, gasp, relax this morning!
I always feel like I should be running around, doing a million things on the weekends, but today I forced myself to sleep in a bit, then lounge around sipping coffee, eating chocolate peanut butter babies and catching up on some shows I missed this week, like Jersey Shore and Gossip Girl.
It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. ;)
I finally picked myself up around 11 – I had a date to get ready for! My Mom and I caught a matinee showing of The King’s Speech.
The movie was…ok. Incredible acting, but I don’t know. It was kind of slow for me. I LOVE reading super long and boring novels (a la Ken Follett,) but I like my movies to include explosions, laughter and/or suspense. Hey, at least I got to spend some time with Mom – plus there was popcorn! :D
I do hope the movie is nominated for some type of costume award at the Oscars tomorrow because the clothing WAS amazing!
In other news, you have GOT to try the recipe I made for dinner tonight. Gnudi!
Gnudi, the Italian word for “nude”, is basically cheese ravioli filling without the pasta wrapper. Naked ravioli!
I followed Giada DeLaurentiis’ recipe and it couldn’t be easier. All you do is mix together parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese, eggs, spinach, flour, salt & pepper.
Form the filling into dumplings,
then coat them generously in flour.
Next you boil the dumplings like they were actual ravioli. Don’t be scared, they won’t fall apart!
4 minutes in some gently boiling water,
then scooped out and plopped in hot marinara sauce for a few minutes to firm up a bit more.
Yummy!!!!
Like tender pucks of cheesy love!!
Gnudi is similar to gnocchi texture-wise.
Tender, but firm, and super fluffy.
Paired with some fresh marinara sauce – this could totally pass for a restaurant dish!
I made half of Giada’s recipe which yielded 10 dumplings (each was about 2 Tablespoons worth of filling) but next time I’ll definitely make the whole batch and freeze half to pull out during the week for a quick & easy meal.
Well I think tonight we’re going to take it easy and watch some movies. :) Might as well continue the theme of the day!
Have a great night!
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What’s your favorite movie genre What’s the last one you saw?
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These are absolutely beautiful. I want to try them – with the flour ;)
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I tried this last night and mine totally didn’t hold together! Fortunately, I went with plan B and pan fried the patties — SUPER DELICIOUS THAT WAY!
I was kind of confused by the recipe — Do you actually add flour to the ravioli or just coat them?
Giada’s recipe calls for coating the gnudi in flour, which is what I did! Glad they worked out in the end!!
Can’t wait to make this tonight! Looks ah-maaazing.
I’m going to make the entire batch and freeze those we wouldn’t use. Would you just plop them in gentle boiling water for 4 minutes again to cook them — or how will you after you’ve frozen them?
Yep I think so! I’m going to make another batch this weekend and freeze them after rolling them in the flour. Plan on cooking them the same way frozen, as fresh!
Oh, I’m dumb! I’m sitting here thinking I’d boil them first and then freeze them. Wow, where’s my brain? Happy Friday!