Make this easy homemade pumpkin gnocchi with ricotta, parmesan, and warm spices, served in a rich brown butter sage sauce for the perfect cozy fall dinner.
Start by preparing your pasta dough. It a large mixing bowl add 1 cup pumpkin puree, 1/2 cup ricotta, 1 1/2 cup 00 flour, 1/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese, 1 egg, 1/4 tsp fine sea salt, 1/8 tsp ground pepper and 1/8 tsp nutmeg. Mix until a shaggy dough forms and then place the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead until the dough is 1 soft ball. This should only take a few minutes.
Cut the dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a long, thin rope. A little less than 1 inch thick. Cut the ropes into small 1-inch squares.
Using a fork, take 1 square at a time and roll it down from the top of the fork prongs to the bottom to create ridges. Repeat until all the pasta is shaped.
Place a large bowl of boiling water on the stove top over high heat. Allow the water to come to a boil. Once boiling, pour the pasta in and stir with a wooden spoon. Boil until al dente (about 5 minutes).
Sauce
While the pasta is cooking, place the butter in a frypan or skillet and allow it to boil and then brown. Watch it closely, this happens fast! Once you see brown flecks, take the butter off the heat.
Stir in .25 oz chopped sage. When ready to serve the pasta, pour some sauce over and enjoy!