English. In Italian the word "chicche" (pron.: kik - keh) means little gnocchi. If you have already had gnocchi, you probably know that they are usually made of potatoes and flour. This time we changed the common potato with a batata: in Italy we know it also as "american potato" or "sweet potato".
The batata comes from South America and it is a great kind of vegetable. Its sweet flavour reminds the pumpkin as well as the colour.
We got some beautiful orange "chicche", that we served with a savoury pork sausage and some peas because they are on season and because... green looks fine with orange, do you agree?
Español. Ñoquis de batata. No, no hemos equivocadas. Se llama batata, no papa y en Italia se conoce también como "patata dulce" o "patata americana".
Es una especie de papa nativa de América del Sur y es un vegetal excepcional: su sabor es un poco dulce, pero no demasiado, se parece un poco a la calabaza.
Con ella, hemos preparado unos pequeños ñoquis de un delicioso color naranja y los hemos puesto en un plato con salchicha, para contrarrestar el sabor dulce y los guisantes, ya que es la temporada y por una cuestión de colores (lo confesamos!).
