Gnochi de pan (bread dumplings) are prepared with stale bread and chard. It is an easy and tasty recipe that allows you to use the leftover bread to prepare a first course that recalls the Ligurian traditions.
500 g of chards
200 g of stale bread crumbs
200 ml of partially skimmed milk
300 g of flour
2 eggs
40 g of Parmesan cheese
50 g of butter
Soak the bread in milk for about 1 hour; clean and boil the chards in salted water and, once cooked, let them cool.
Add the breadcrumbs and the eggs to the chards: add the flour and a pinch of nutmeg, a little at a time. Form some loaves of about 2 cm of thickness from which to obtain small pieces of dough; cook the gnocchi in abundant salted water and then season with butter and grated cheese.