Ahh sweet potatoes! They are probably my favorite vegetable. So flavorful, so many ways to prepare them, and so healthy! In Toronto we made a delicious batch of sweet potato gnocchi, then topped it with an indulgent Dolce Latte (a type of blue cheese) sauce. The champagne was certainly a great addition!

Ingredients:

• 1-2 sweet potatoes (will need about 2 cups mashed)
• 1 egg
• flour
• pinch of nutmeg
• 3-4 oz. dolce latte cheese (or another blue cheese you enjoy, creamy in texture)
• 2-3 T. cream or milk

1. Peel and slice the sweet potatoes. Steam them until soft and easy pierced with a knife. Remove from heat and mash.
2. Once potatoes have cooled a bit so you can handle them, mix in one egg. The mixture will be quite wet at this point. Start adding flour and kneading gently until you can begin to handle the mixture more as a dough than a wet glob.
3. Put a large pot of water on the stove and get it boiling.
4. Once you can handle the dough easily, divide into 2-4 pieces and begin to roll them out like a snake. The goal is to get long ropes of sweet potato. Once the rope is about 1/2″ thick, you can cut into 3/4″ pieces – these are your gnocchi! Be sure to use & sprinkle flour as you work – you don’t want them to be dry, but certainly not so sticky you cannot handle them easily.
5. Once the gnocchi are formed and the water is boiling, toss them in.  They will float to the top as they finish cooking.  Definitely test one though before you pull them off!  They do not take long, ~5-10 minutes depending on the size you made.
6. Meanwhile, crumble the cheese into a small pot and add the cream.  Heat thru until smooth and melted together.
7. Enjoy the sauce on the gnocchi – great with a big green salad!