A Day in the Country Recipe

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Ingredients

  • Italian Style Fingerling Potato Soup with Asiago Tomato and Bell Pepper Bruschetta
  • Fingerling Potato Soup:
  • 1/2 pound mild Italian sausage
  • 1 small sweet yellow onion, sliced into thin strips from end to end
  • 1 large garlic clove, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 – ½ cups chicken broth
  • 1 pound fingerling (or new) potatoes, cut in bite size pieces
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 – 2” piece of fresh rosemary
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 – 1/2 cups half and half
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • Add the half-and-half">half and half-and-half">half and salt and pepper and simmer for an additional 10 minutes. Remove the rosemary stem and bay leaf. Serve piping hot.
  • Makes approximately 6 cups which will feed 4 hungry people
  • This soup is also great with the addition of a little chopped chard and/or sliced mushrooms.
  • Asiago Tomato and Bell Pepper Bruschetta:
  • 12 thin slices of a French baguette (or any small rustic bread loaf)
  • 1/3 cup olive oil or softened butter
  • 6 tablespoons grated Asiago cheese (or any other flavorful cheese)
  • 2 large tomatoes, seeds and membranes removed and chopped into small pieces
  • 1 heaping tablespoon finely chopped bell pepper (any color you like)
  • 1 teaspoon very thinly sliced and chopped fresh basil
  • 1 large garlic clove, crushed
  • 1/2 – 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste

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