Gnocchi with basil pesto is a crowd pleaser! We first visited Isolina a couple of years ago and she enjoyed herself so much, she wanted to be filmed again; here's her recipe.
2 kilos of floury potatoes (you can boil them whole, bake or microwave them), cooked and riced, 400g flour (plain, all purpose, 0) and around 70ml of tepid water, a pinch of salt. Isolina doesn't use an egg.
For the basil pesto - 100g large bunch of young fresh basil 'Genovese' leaves, one garlic clove, 50g Italian pine nuts, 80g grated Parmigiano (the more aged the better), 50ml or so of extra virgin olive oil
