I’m really fond of gnocchi as a base for sauces of all sorts, but if you prefer a different pasta, this sauce will work well on pretty much anything. You might even try it over beef or chicken.
Nira is a sort of garlic-y chive that’s very popular in Japan. Sold in large bunches, they are often used in Chinese foods, like ramen and gyoza. In this dish, little flakes of nira coat the pasta like confetti!
Mushroom-Nira Gnocchi
serves 2
3 cups mixed mushrooms (shiitake, eringi, shimeji, etc), chopped
1 clove garlic
1 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup nira, chopped into 1/2 cm bits
1 Tbsp soy sauce
250 g gnocchi
Saute the chopped mushrooms and garlic in butter while the gnocchi boils. Add nera and shoyu just before draining the gnocchi. Toss the gnocchi with the mushrooms and serve.
Posted by kuri at October 13, 2006 11:26 AMI find mushrooms to be a good base for mushrooms. This sounds delish! I’ll have to try it with just regular chives from the garden?
I had a mushroom strudel last night. Yum…
Posted by: Jenn on October 14, 2006 09:44 PM