DC#1 - Do I Dare to Cook?
The Daring Bakers are a well known group of people who dare to... bake! The million dollar question is: do daring bakers dare to cook? This one does! I didn't have too much time to give this challenge a thought, so I just gathered what there was available in the fridge and (dared!) to cook us dinner. And it tasted nice. Almost forgot to say that the very first Daring Cooks' challenge is ... Ricotta Gnocchi ! Major thanks to Lisa and Ivonne for everything they've done. Thank you Ladies! Zuni Ricotta Gnocchi The Zuni Café Cookbook. Serves 4-6 For the gnocchi: 1 pound (454 grams/16 ounces) fresh ricotta (2 cups) 2 large cold eggs, lightly beaten 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) unsalted butter 2 or 3 fresh sage leaves, or a few pinches of freshly grated nutmeg, or a few pinches of chopped lemon zest (all optional) ½ ounce Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated (about ¼ cup very lightly packed) about ¼ teaspoon salt (a little more if using kosher salt) all-purpose flour for forming the gnocchi F...