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Kelly's Kitchen - Recipes of the Month
Vermont Farmhouse Potato Chowder

1 qt chicken stock
¾ cup Vermont cider
12 oz Vermont potato
2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 small Spanish onion, small dice
2 stalks celery small diced
½ cup heavy cream

1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 link hot Italian sausage
1 teaspoon whole leaf dried marjoram
1 teaspoon whole leaf dried basil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
½ lb Vermont potatoes, diced large

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°.

Simmer peeled potato in chicken stock and cider until very tender. Puree in blender.

Slow roast hot Italian sausage until cooked through. Chill, pulse in food processer. Not too fine. Add sausage to pureed soup mixture

Sweat onion and celery in vegetable oil until translucent. Add smoked paprika and cook additional 3 minutes stirring often. Add vegetable paprika mixture to pureed soup.

Add cream to soup mixture

Simmer large dice potato in salted water until tender. Drain and rinse under cold water. Add to soup mixture.

Add marjoram, basil, salt and pepper to soup.

Bring soup back to simmer.

Servings: Makes 4 - 6 servings.

Contributed by: Gerry Nooney Executive Chef, Sugarbush

 

 
 
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