Potato Gnocchi with Slab Bacon, Crispy Kale, and Grana Padano | culture: the word on cheese

Ingredients

• 4 russet potatoes
• 2½ cups all-purpose flour (plus more for dusting work surface)
• 1 cup whole-milk ricotta cheese
• 1 egg (beaten)
• 1 heaping teaspoon sea salt (plus more to taste)
• Olive oil (for drizzling)
• 4 ounces slab bacon (chopped)
• ½ sweet onion (diced)
• 1 bunch curly kale (stemmed and chopped)
• Freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• ¼ cup grated Grana Padano cheese (plus more to garnish)