Sunday, September 28, 2008

Artisan Bread + Vegetable Chowder

It was rainy and cold. Emmett was sick. I had bread dough in the fridge and a bunch of veggies to eat. Soup!

I adapted the Moosewood Vegetable Chowder recipe to use veggies & amounts I had on hand (potatos, carrots, onion, broccoli, humongous pattypan squash, i also increased the basil and added thyme)
Here's the original recipe...

Vegetable Chowder

* 1 tablespoon butter
* 2 cups chopped onion
* 6 (yes) cloves garlic, minced
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 1/2 teaspoon basil
* 1 medium potato, diced
* 2 medium stalks celery, diced
* 2 medium carrots, diced
* 2 cups chopped broccoli
* 2 cups chopped cauliflower
* 1/2 lb mushrooms, chopped
* 2 cups corn (frozen is fine)
* lots of fresh black pepper
* 1 1/2 cups water
* 1 quart milk, heated

Melt the butter in a kettle or Dutch oven. Add onion, half the garlic, salt, thyme, and basil. Saute' over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add potato, celery, carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower. Saute' another 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and corn, plus lots of black pepper. Saute' another 8-10 minutes.

Add water, cover, and simmer about 15 minutes, or until everything is tender.

Stir in hot milk and remaining garlic. Remove from heat until about 10 minutes before serving time, then heat gently.


And here's my pretty bread:

3 comments:

sumei said...

that is pretty bread!

Jen said...

Oooh! Pretty bread! What kind was it?

Jill said...

It was just the standard boule recipe but prepared like a baguette or batard.