Handmade Gnocchi the Star at Due Lire, Critic Says

Pasta needs to take a backseat at this Italian restaurant and make way for gnocchi, one food writer said. 

That writer is ABC 7 Chicago's Steve Dolinsky, who visited Due Lire, located at 4520 N. Lincoln Ave. 

Known as the "Hungry Hound," Dolinsky stayed at the eatery long enough to see the pillowy dumplings made.

After roasting potatoes over a bed of salt, they're put through a potato ricer and combined with flour, parmesan and ricotta cheese. That mixture is rolled into logs and cut into squares. 

The squares are then boiled and added to whatever delicious sauce customers desire—this time, a braised oxtail pepper and onion combination.  

"The fluffiness and the softness; and the gnocchi retain the sauce so well, so you've got the flavor with the sauce with every bite," owner Massimo Di Vulolo told Dolinsky.

Watch the video at ABC to see how Due Lire's gnocchi is made.