GNOCCHI WITH PROSCIUTTO, PEAS AND CHANTERELLES

GNOCCHI WITH PROSCIUTTO, PEAS AND CHANTERELLES image

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups fresh peas (frozen can be substituted in a pinch)
Extra-virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, smashed
Pinch crushed red pepper
1/4 pound prosciutto, sliced into 1/2-inch wide slices
2 cups chanterelle mushrooms, brushed or lightly rinsed and pulled apart
Kosher salt
1 cup chicken or vegetable stock
1/2 recipe Chef Anne's Light as a Cloud Gnocchi (I recommend to make a full recipe and freeze half for another use), recipe follows
2 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons grated Parmigiano
1/2 bunch chopped chives

Steps:

Bring 2 pots, 1 large and 1 medium, with well-salted water to a boil over medium heat. Set up a bowl of well-salted ice water. Blanch the fresh peas in the medium pot of boiling water until they are cooked but still crunchy and then immediately plunge them into the salted ice water. Remove them from the ice water and reserve. Coat a large saute pan over medium heat with olive oil. Add the smashed garlic cloves and crushed red pepper. Bring the pan to a medium high heat. When the garlic has become golden brown and is very aromatic, remove it and discard. Add the prosciutto and saute until it starts to get crispy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and season with salt. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes, and TASTE to see if they are delicious (they should be!). Add the peas and chicken stock. Season with salt, TASTE IT (it should be more delicious). Simmer until the stock has reduced by about half. While the stock is reducing, add the gnocchi to the large pot of salted boiling water. Cook the gnocchi until they float and get very puffy. The gnocchi should be really puffy. While the gnocchi is in the boiling water, add the butter to the pan with the mushroom mixture. Cook over low heat and swirl to incorporate. TASTE and adjust seasoning if needed. When the gnocchi are cooked, carefully remove them from the cooking water and add them to the pan with the mushrooms. Toss or stir to combine. Cook the gnocchi with mushroom mixture until it clings to the gnocchi. Add the grated Parmigiano and the chopped chives. Transfer to serving bowls and serve immediately.