20 Recipes to Convince You to Make Homemade Gnocchi (2024)

Reading gnocchi recipes may lead to some curious dreams — and waking up to a pillow full of bite marks. It's hard to resist gloriously fluffy gnocchi when it's on a restaurant menu, but with these gnocchi recipes, it's easy to have it on hand at home any night of the week. Plus, once you have your gnocchi cooked, fall touches like sage and brown butter or wintry red sauce add depth of flavor.

The legendary food writer Paula Wolfert said of her foundational potato gnocchi recipe, "You can dress up perfect gnocchi in as many ways as you can sauce pasta, garnishing them with an unheated pesto sauce as the Ligurians do, or tossing them with foaming butter and slivered sage leaves as the Piedmontese do. You can mix them with a chunky tomato sauce or smother them in a wild boar ragù."

Chef and F&W contributor Greg Baker waxed poetic about how going back to a fundamental gnocchi recipe helped him feel grounded as a chef. "I fumbled through a few variations and finally hit the place of beauty, pillow-light, no doughiness or raw floury taste. I hate even to use this word, but it was transcendent. The idea that you could manipulate some flour, potato, and egg into something so luxurious smacked me upside the head," he wrote.

Find your own gnocchi recipe nirvana with our favorite potato gnocchi recipes, ricotta gnocchi recipes, and other creative gnocchi recipes to make at home.