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Introducing this simple 2 ingredient Homemade Sweet Potato Gnocchi. Yes… you can make your own gnocchi with just 2 ingredients you’ll most likely have in the cupboards at home!
Recipe Difficulty – Very Easy
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Why this recipe works
Not only are these gnocchi gluten-free, dairy free and vegan (no egg needed) and simple to make, they taste delicious and I can guarantee you’ll be making them time and time again!
My favourite ways to serve them up is either simply fried in a large skillet with butter/vegan butter (or sage butter if you’re feeling fancy) or served mixed through my Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce or use it in my Gnocchi Bake.
Whether your looking for a quick and simple mid-week dinner recipe, or simply bored of your meals on a current weekly rotation and fancy some comfort food, I’ve got you covered. This hassle-free, sweet potato gnocchi recipe is going to transform your meal tonight!
Ingredients to make Sweet Potato Gnocchi
- Sweet Potato – I love the flavour that sweet potato adds! It is mild and sweet yet starchy enough to work as substitute for the standard white potatoes that are normally used when making gnocchi. If you have any spare then make my Sweet Potato Fries, Sweet Potato Soup or Sweet Potato Brownies.
- Flour – this helps bind the sweet potato gnocchi dough together and stops it from sticking. I’ve used gluten free white flour, but if you aren’t gluten free, then standard plain white flour would also work well.
See recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Substitutions
- Sweet Potato – You could use standard white potato instead (this is usually how gnocchi is made) but will need less flour as white potatoes have less water content.
- Flour – I’ve used gluten free white flour as I am gluten free. However, if you aren’t gluten free, you could use standard plain all purpose flour and this would work exactly the same.
Variations
- Kid-friendly – most children tend to love sweet potato so this is a great family recipe! However if the bright orange colour puts your child off, feel free to make this recipe using standard white potatoes instead. You could serve this gnocchi with the sauce from my Vegan Mushroom Pasta.
- Spicy – These Homemade Sweet Potato Gnocchi are mild and sweet. If you wanted to up the heat, add some chilli flakes or freshly chopped chillies to the recipe below.
- Deluxe – To take these homemade gnocchi’s to the next level, toss through your favourite tomato sauce, cream sauce, sage sauce, or simply a whipped ricotta cheese and top with parmesan cheese, fresh herbs, black pepper and crispy sage leaves. You could also serve it on a bed of cauliflower mash with grilled chicken for a complete meal.
How to make Sweet Potato Gnocchi
Step 1: Firstly, pre-heat your oven to 180C (360F). Prick 2 sweet potatoes with a fork and place in a baking dish. Place in the oven for 60 minutes (turn after 30 minutes).
Hint: Alternatively, you can microwave each potato for 8 minutes if you prefer. Once cooked, remove the sweet potatoes from the oven and carefully peel off the skin.
Step 2: Then add the sweet potato flesh to a large mixing bowl and mash with the back of a fork, potato masher or potato ricer. Once mashed, allow to cool for approximately 10 minutes.
Step 3: Then, slowly add in the flour and gently kneed with your hands until a gnocchi dough has formed.
Step 4: Once formed, transfer the gnocchi dough to a floured worktop and form a ball.
Hint: you may need extra flour!
Step 5: Cut the dough into 4 parts, hand pressing each part into a flatbread shape.
Hint: The parts should be about ½ inch thick.
Step 6: Then cut into small square pieces as seen in the photo above.
Step 7: Finally, roll with your hands into gnocchi shapes. Now place into a large pot over a medium heat with salted boiling water and boil the Sweet Potato Gnocchi until they start to float off the bottom (roughly 2-3 minutes)
Hint: don’t add them all at once, give them space to boil.
Once boiled remove from the pot with a slotted spoon and place into a bowl lined with kitchen roll, this helps to absorb any leftover liquid.
Leftovers
These Homemade Gnocchis are perfect for batch cooking as they freeze really well. I personally prefer to freeze my gnocchi after boiling. Allow the gnocchi to dry and cool before adding to an air tight container and place in the freezer. Allow to thaw completely and then pan fry before mixing into sauce.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, this recipe would also work with white potato. As white potato isn’t as “wet” you may need less flour.
Absolutely, I personally prefer to freeze my gnocchi after boiling it. Allow the gnocchi to dry and cool before adding to an air tight container and place in the freezer. Allow to thaw completely and then pan fry before mixing into sauce.
More Sweet Potato Recipes
- Sweet Potato Brownies
- Air Fryer Sweet Potato Wedges
- Sweet Potato Satay Curry
- Sweet Potato Fries
- Sweet Potato & Black Bean Stew
- Sweet Potato & Chickpea Curry
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi
Equipment
- roasting tin
- large mixing bowl
- fork
- Knife
- large saucepan
- Colander
- kitchen roll
- Chopping Board (if making Homemade Gnocchi Sauce)
- large non stick frying pan (if making Homemade Gnocchi Sauce)
Ingredients
- 2 Sweet Potatoes , (680-700g)
- 180g Plain white flour + more for dusting, (Roughly 1 ½ cups) I use gluten-free
- Pinch Salt, (optional)
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 180C (360F).
- Prick your 2 sweet potatoes with a fork and place in a baking dish. Place in the oven at 180C for 60 minutes (turn after 30 minutes). You can microwave each potato for 8 minutes if you prefer.
- Remove the sweet potatoes from the oven and carefully peel off the skin and place the inside flesh into a bowl and mash with a fork. Allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Slowly add in the 180g flour and gently kneed with your hands.
- Transfer the dough to a floured worktop and form a ball (you may need extra flour!). Cut into 4 parts, hand pressing each part into a flatbread shape (½ inch thick). Cut into small pieces and roll with your hands into gnocchi shapes (follow the photo above in the blog post)
- Now place into a large pot with salted boiling water, don't add them all at once (give them space to boil) and boil until they start to float off the bottom (or 2-3 minutes).
- Once boiled remove from the pot with a slotted spoon and place into a bowl lined with kitchen roll, this helps to absorb any leftover liquid.
- Finally, you can either fry them in a pan with butter or olive oil to make them crispy or just add directly into your favourite pasta sauce!
Hi James. Was a little nervous making gnocchi as I’ve never made it before! It was easier than I thought. I absolutely loved it. So thank you for sharing the recipe
A beautiful meal we enjoyed tonight
Love following your page.
Take care
Aww thank you Georgie, so pleased you found it easy to make and enjoyed the end result 🙂
I’m a huge fan of every single recipe and each time you create a new one, I think it can’t possibly beat the previous one, but this surpassed all expectations!
It took a bit of time to get it right the first time but once you have made it once, you’ll be able to remember it and make it faster next time. Definitely worth the effort!
The sweet potato made the gnocchi feel so much lighter than original gnocchi and of course it’s worth mentioning it got two thumbs up from my meat obsessed partner.
We ate half of what we made and froze the other half.
Looking forward to eating it again.
Thank you Catherine 🙂 so pleased you enjoyed these and I am always impressed with how many recipes you try out! Thank you!
This is such an easy recipe, resulting in super tasty gnocchi. Particularly love the use of sweet potato, I added garlicky courgettes and pesto and they were a hit all round! Just one in the list of James’ recipes that we’ve tried and loved!!
Thank you Cathy 🙂
Hi! Can I make this using regular potatoes instead of sweet potatoes?
Hey 🙂 yes it will work but may need adjusting on flour quantities as white potato is generally dryer so will probably need less flour. Give it a go and let me know how you get on as I haven’t yet tried with normal potato myself.
so so yummy! i made this the day you posted it. took me quite a bit because i wanted to get them to be the perfect shape (i am a bit of a perfectionist) but i can definitely speed it up next time around! once i was finished, at ate some of course but then froze 5 different portioned bags. woohoo. thanks James for a great recipe!
That’s awesome Cierra 🙂 so pleased you enjoyed them!
This is so quick and simple to make. I used the microwave method instead of the oven for speed. Really really tasty too! 5 stars all the way! Thanks so much x
Thank you Joanne 🙂 so pleased you enjoyed it!
Hi if you can’t get gf flour could you use plain flour
Absolutely! Enjoy 🙂 let me know how you get on.
I made this gnocchi for dinner and it’s to die for. It’s super easy to make as mentioned in the recipe. Seriously, I think Everyone has to make this once in their life. Thanks James for sharing this delicious recipe.
Appreciate that thank you Heni 🙂 pleased you enjoyed it!
Had real fun making these! They took a lot longer than specified in the recipe as the rolling took a fair while, and batch cooking. Really tasty end product, I’ll definitely make them again. I also like the freezing tips on here!
Thank you Chloe 🙂 you’ll speed up 2nd time don’t worry!
I put the sweet potatoes into a good processor along with the flour. Quick mix together and turned on to a floured board. No effort at all. Enjoyed cutting and rolling the gnocchi shapes.
Oh my I‘ve fallen in love with this amazing recipe for free from gnocchi , it’s the Simplest &! quickest recipe. Plus you can pre make it and it’s fabulous to freeze ( what more could you want ? ). Will definitely be making this again very soon
Thank you Diane 🙂
Hi, Just came across this amazing recipe. I have a question for you, what brand of gluten free white flour did you use for it?
Hey, I used doves farm FREEE gluten free plain white flour. Enjoy the recipe and let me know how you get on!