Recipe#10500

Title: Gnocchi 18

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1 Lb. fresh spinach, cooked, drained and chopped (or two ten ounce
   packages frozen spinach)
 1/2 tsp salt
 ground pepper
 1/8 tsp nutmeg
 1 Tbsp butter
 8 ounces Ricotta cheese
 2 eggs
 1 1/2 ounces Parmesan cheese, grated
 3 Tablespoons flour
  
 In saucepan, combine spinach, salt, pepper, nutmeg, butter and
 ricotta over low heat.  Stir for 5 minutes to dry mixture out.
 Remove from heat and beat in eggs, parmesan cheese, and flour.
 Set dough aside to cool for 2 hours.
 Dust your hands and a board with flour.  Pull off walnut-size pieces
 of dough and form cork-shaped croquettes.  Roll each croquette in
 flour.  When you have used up all of the dough, drop the gnocchi
 into *gently* simmering water.  (Don't let the water boil or the
 gnocchi may fall apart.)  When they rise to the surface of the
 water, they're done.  Remove them with a slotted spoon.  Put them
 in a buttered baking dish.
 Pou 1/2 cup melted butter over the gnocchi, sprinkle 1/2 grated
 parmesan on top, and heat in a 350 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes.