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FIRST COURSE - "Gnocchetti" made with ricotta from Viceno

Recipe for 6 people

Ingredients
400 g Vicenese ricotta cheese
150 g boiled spinach (or "brucoi" greens)
1 egg
6 TBSP white flour
Salt, pepper and nutmeg, to taste
Butter and sage, to taste

Preparation
Put the ricotta in a mixing bowl. Squeeze and chop the cooked spinach add it to the ricotta along with the egg. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix with a wooden spoon as you add the flour 1 TBSP at a time. Form the gnocchi with a teaspoon. Boil the gnocchi in salted water; flavour them with plenty of melted butter and sage. Serve hot.