Beet Gnocchi With Steak and Brown Butter Sauce

Ingredients

• •1 gnocchi
• •5 beets
• •1 teaspoon olive oil
• •1 s&p
• •1 cup goat cheese
• •¼ cup ricotta
• •½ cup flour
• •1 striploin steak
• •butter sauce
• •¼ cup shallot
• •¼ cup butter
• •1 teaspoon thyme
• •1 handful walnuts

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Method

From foodista.com — read the original

1. 1Cooking beets
2. 2Heat oven to 400°F
3. 3Wash beets.
4. 4Cut into quarters.
5. 5Toss and coat well in a bowl with olive oil and s&p.
6. 6Place beets on baking dish.
7. 7Roast in oven for about 1/2 hour or until you can pierce the beets easily with a fork.
8. 8Assembly
9. 9Put large pot of water on to boil gnocchi.
10. 10Mash or puree the roasted beets well in a bowl.
11. 11Add goat and ricotta cheese.
12. 12Add flour and stir.
13. 13If necessary add more flour until the dough is just dry enough that it does not stick to the bowl and holds together. You want to be very careful about how much flour you add. If you are heavy handed with it, your gnocchi will be heavy.
14. 14Place dough on floured surface.
15. 15Roll out into long thin logs.
16. 16Cut logs into 1/2 inch sections.
17. 17When your pasta water is boiling salt it well and then add gnochhi in small batches.
18. 18Remove gnocchi when they float to the surface of the water (about 30 seconds)
19. 19Saute cooked gnocchi
20. 20Heat small saute pan with a little olive oil.
21. 21In small batches saute the gnocchi about 20--30 seconds on each side.
22. 22Striploin steak
23. 23Pat dry with a paper towel
24. 24Season with s&p
25. 25Saute over medium heat about 3 minutes on first side and 2 minutes on the second for rare.
26. 26Let rest for 10 minutes.
27. 27Slice to serve.
28. 28Butter Sauce
29. 29Melt butter in small pot or pan over medium low heat.
30. 30Add shallots and saute until softened (2 minutes).
31. 31Add thyme.
32. 32Continue to cook until butter gains a slightly darker colour.
33. 33Toss the gnocchi in sauce.
34. 34Reserve some to drizzle over steak on plate.