The origin of the gnocchi lays in the old cookbooks.
If related to durum wheat pasta, the gnocchi are very easy to prepare at home, with just a few ingredients available in all kitchens.
The simplicity of the recipe has actually encouraged the creation of different variants of this dish, so gnocchi are not to be considered a mere pasta shape, but a separate family of dishes.
Nowadays the are three kinds of gnocchi (potatoes, semolina and “canederli” or Knödel) but in the past there were much more.
