Honeynut Gnocchi w Turkey & Figs
Honeynut is one of my favorite winter squashes. It truly tastes like candy to me!!
While making my own gnocchi from scratch take a little more time than simply buying premade, it’s well worth the time I spent just for the taste alone.
I also always make a double batch when I make this recipe and store half of it in my freezer. This way, I have some stored that I can reach for when I’m short on time or just too tired.
Ingredients:
4oz or 110g dried figs
1 honey but squash
1 tbsp tallow or coconut oil
2 cups cassava flour
3/4 cups tapioca starch
1 cup warm water
2 tbsp tallow or coconut oil
1 lb ground turkey
1/2 tsp sumac (sub mace for AIP)
1/8th tsp cumin
Salt & pepper to taste
Sauce:
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (I used an herbal thyme vinegar)
1 tbsp coconut aminos
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
Pinch of salt
Shake of garlic powder
Preparations:
Start by rehydrating the figs in some water. Set them aside.
Roast the squash in an oven at 400F for about 45 minutes. Allow it to cool.
Then, scrape the skin off and add it to a large bowl. Mash it together with a potato masher.
The , add in the cassava flour and tapioca starch. Use your fingers to mush it together and create a dough by slowly adding warm water to your batter until you have formed your dough.
Divide the dough into 4ths. Then again I to halves. Roll out each half and cut it into gnocchi shapes. I like to use the tines on a fork to imprint the gnocchi.
Then, you can either cook them on a pan or bake them. Sometimes I will also boil them first (which is recommended) before cooking them in tallow or coconut oil
Next, add the ground turkey to the pan and cook fully through.
While it’s cooking, drain the figs and chop them into small pieces. Then add them to the turkey.
Season with sumac, cumin, salt and pepper to taste. Then the stove off while you prepare your sauce.
By this point the gnocchi should be finished as well.
In a small saucepan, add the apple cider vinegar, coconut aminos, dijon mustard, salt & garlic powder. All this mixture to cook down before turning off the heat.
Then the stove with the turkey back on and add in the cooked gnocchi followed by the sauce.
Mix everything together well and serve.