Making Gnocchi

If you've never made gnocchi you should try it!  It's not as hard as it seems, but it does take a lot of time (mainly roasting the potatoes), so I recommend doing tons in advance because it freezes quite nicely (and then is almost an instant meal).

Smoosh a bunch of roasted starchy potatoes so they are smooth (we had to use a sieve since we don't have a ricer here), mix with some egg, flour, salt and pepper and a pinch of nutmeg, and roll into snakes.  Then cut into little pieces and boil for a few minutes and voila!  The pictures of the cooked gnocchi looked totally gross so I didn't post them....but it was actually amazing!  

This is the view from the patio of one of our favourite restaurants at the Port called Nimrod's Cafe.  It also serves delicious tri-colour gnocchi in cream sauce.  But mainly we go there for the burgers (with cheese!) or fish and chips and beer :)