Gnocchi

by Celia Cheng
August 29th, 2007

CACIO E PEPE
182 2nd Ave
(11th & 12th Sts)
212-505-5931
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The pastas at Caio e Pepe are always gratifyingly tasty, but the homemade gnocchi is truly exceptional as these potato pasta dumplings melt in your mouth. The sauce changes seasonally, and right now as part of the summer menu, it’s a rabbit and artichoke white wine sauce that tastes like a scrumptious mirepoix-based rabbit stew. The rabbit meat is so tender that if it were on the bone, it would glide off. I actually think this would be the ideal hearty winter meal, but the menu will have changed by then. Regardless, I’m sure the new seasonal sauce will be equally divine!

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