Doesn't need to be smokey

Ricotta

Salt

Looks smooth...ish

Some parchment.

A piping bag or a any other bag.

Works perfectly

Pour some semolina in the parchment

Cut the tip of the bag. The more you cut the ticker the gnudi.

Or do some of these

Chop into logs

You can choose the size

Mold it gently. Make sure there is no cracks

Or do little pillows

Add them to the place that they will rest

Grab the rest of the semolina

Make sure they are all under the semolina

Cover and put it in the fridge. This whole process takes three days... Or you can cheat and have them ready in a couple of hours.

Take it out the next day

Do a mark and back to the fridge. Repeat this steps once a day.

You can feel that they will start to harden as the time goes by.. Before you prepare everything for a fancy dinner make sure you test one.

Have a pot of water boiling

drop a piece in there. Don't stir... It will break. Leave it there for a minute and take it off. More than that and they will fall apart. It should hold its shape and be soft has cotton.

If you don't want to wait three days or take any chances add a yolk and a spoon of semolina to the mixture. It will not be as soft or as white.

Do everything as before but leave it in the fridge for just a couple of hours.

Season the water

Always test one.

If you cheated it will come to the surface when ready.

You made it.

Pour yourself a glass of wine. Celebrate. But not too much.

Do some beurre noisette.

I'm sure there is a guide for that.

Grab some basil

Pick a few leaves. You can fry them or use them as is.

Take them off when you think they are ready. Should be crispy.

Lay them in a paper towel and season with salt.

For the sauce. Don't worry about the gnudi, we will get to that in a little bit.

If you didn't go crazy celebrating you will still have some wine left. You will also need it.

Pour some wine in the pan.

Capers

Jugo de limon

Let it boil. You can add some aromatics if you feel like fishing them out later.

And more butter

When the butter its all melted season with some salt. Turn off the fire

Get them all ready. Dust off any excess of semolina.

Let them come to the surface.. Or not.

Add it to the sauce

Add a little bit of water from cooking the gnudi if the sauce seems to be breaking.

Add the brown butter.

Pepper

Parmesan

Basil

And there you go. Just imagine the green stuff is healthy veggies.