Growing up, My Aunt Jean was the go to person for anything cooking related. She taught all of us how to cook, was the inspiration for us wanting to learn how to cook (since she was such an amazing cook and we wanted to eat like her), and any recipe we had a question about, Aunt Jean had the answer. One of my favorite dishes that she and I would make together was spinach gnocchi- little tender pillows of deliciousness. With Aunt Jean over my shoulder I always made them perfectly- just enough flour so the dumplings melted in your mouth, the flavor, amazing. Unfortunately for me (in more ways than one) my Aunt Jean does not live in California, so I have not had such success without her (in any gnocchi recipe I have tried). Until tonight. Apparantly the secret to the success of these delicious creations is not being super careful in the amount of flour or watching that you do not over mix or over roll, no, the secret is just the opposite. Make sure that the mixer is pulsed more often than needed, the more flour you have the better, and roll, roll and roll the dough some more. That is the secret of success. Thankfully I have my kids to show me the way. Plus you get really cute interpretations of the name.
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