Ingredients

  • 3 onions cut in 6
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 1/8 cups fresh mushrooms sliced
  • 3/4 cup red wine
  • 2 11/16 cups chopped tomatoes in their juice
  • 1 9/16 pounds beef in pieces
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 15/16 cups pumpkin puree
  • 2 tablespoons margarine
  • 1/2 cup parmigiano
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 4 cups flour

Method

  • In a pot or as in my case in the pressure cooker, we put the olive oil and saute the onions for five minutes in medium heat.
  • Add the mushrooms and saute for couple of minutes.
  • Add the beef and continue to saute the meat.
  • Pour the wine and when it loses half its volume add all the rest of the ingredients.
  • Close the pressure cooker and cook according to the manufacturer's instructions for 1 1/2 hours.
  • If you cook in a plain pot, you have to slowly cook for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours. If the sauce is runny, just thicken it with corn flour dissolved in water.
  • For the Gnocchi
  • In a pot pour the pumpkin puree in medium heat and let it absorb all its liquids.
  • Remove from fire and add the margarine, the cheese, the egg yolk and nutmeg and whisk until everything is incorporated.
  • Start throwing the flour cup by cup. It must form a dough. It took me 4 cups of flour to achieve the right consistency of dough but yours may take more or less.
  • Take a piece and knead to a thick string and cut with a knife pieces 3 cm long.
  • With a fork make the well known lines of gnocchi and put them in a pot with salted boiling water.
  • When they emerge in the surface they are ready.