Grandma's Gnocchi

Ingredients

• Potato

  Flesh and skin, raw

  6 Potato medium or 1.28kg

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 extra large or 56g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  1 cup or 120g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

Directions

1. Lightly beat egg.
2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool slightly, and peel. Season with salt, then mash potatoes with fork, masher, or in ricer. Place in large bowl, and stir in egg and olive oil. Knead in enough flour to make a soft dough.
3. On a floured surface, roll dough into a long rope. Cut the rope into 1/2-inch pieces.
4. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Drop in gnocchi, and cook until they float to the top, about 3 to 5 minutes. Serve with pasta sauce.