Gnocchi with butternut squash and shiitake

Gnocchi with butternut squash and shiitake, originally uploaded by aznkey.

Another recipe from Keller's book Bouchon. It looks very visually appealing but the taste was dissapointment. The gnocchi texture was too heavy and mushy. I am not sure what went wrong. Maybe it was because I did not have a mixer, maybe i didn't add enough eggs, maybe it supposed have a texture like that... I have never had gnocchi so i don't know. This was always my first time experimenting with butternut squash. It's sweet orange flesh closely resembles deep fried pumpkin.

Note to self: test frozen batch of gnocchi later to see if texture changes.