
Gnocchi (/ˈnʲɒki/ N(Y)OK-ee, also US /ˈnjoʊki/, NYOH-kee; Italian: [ˈɲɔkki], singular gnocco) are various thick, soft dough dumplings that may be made from semolina, ordinary wheat flour, egg, cheese, potato, breadcrumbs, or similar ingredients.
Like many Italian dishes, there is considerable variation in recipes and names across different regions. For example, the Tuscan malfatti (literally "poorly made") are a sort of flour, ricotta, and spinach gnocchi; the Pugliese cavatielli are flour-based, gnudi have much less flour, and so on.
Gnocchi are eaten as a first course (primo piatto), as a...