Purple Potato, Tomato, and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
Are you guys sick of all the purple food yet? I’ve still got a few more recipes to post and then I’ll shut up about purple food. When I saw this Purple Potato Pizza posted back in January, I immediately starred it to make at some point. I hadn’t even started thinking about purple food, but the colors on that pizza just popped and drew me in.
When I started pulling a menu together, I had the pizza on the list. I decided that having a tart, baguette slices with the baked brie, AND a pizza would be a little to carb heavy for my tastes. But then I had to decide which of those items to ditch. I went back and forth. Then it hit me, I could use the pizza as inspiration for a dip or something. But dips often go with chips or toast or crackers. More carbs. I decided to let the idea simmer a bit and stopped thinking about it.
A couple days later it hit me – endive leaves! They’re crispy and crunchy and not carby at all. Perfect! This is basically the same recipe that I use for bruschetta, except I added some lightly boiled purple potatoes! I added my potatoes to the mixture while they were still a bit warm so the cheese got all melty which was awesome. I would recommend serving this the same day you make it. The Purple Potato, Tomato, and Goat Cheese Bruschetta would be great over sliced baguettes or on chips as well.
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Purple Potato, Tomato, and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
Yield: Serves 8-10
Ingredients:
1 lb purple potatoes
2 large tomatoes
2 oz crumbled goat cheese
1/2 medium red onion, finely diced
large bunch cilantro, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
toasted bagueette slices or endive leaves (separated and washed) for serving
Directions:
Set a pot of salted water to boil. Chop the potatoes into small cubes. Once water is boiling, add potatoes and boil for 5 minutes. Drain potatoes and allow to cool.
Seed and dice the tomatoes and place in a medium bowl. Add the goat cheese and diced red onion.
Once potatoes have cooled, add them to the bowl along with the cilantro and salt and pepper. If the potatoes are warm, the goat cheese will melt a little bit. That's ok.
To serve, spoon bruschetta into endive leaves or over toasted baguette slices.
Recipe inspired by The Novice Chef
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
What a great idea to freeze the excess chipotle chiles! Much less waste, and perfectly portioned. I do freeze buttermilk in 1/2 cup increments because I never use up the whole carton when I buy it.
beantownbaker — November 8th, 2013 @ 2:07 pm
Oh I’ve never frozen dairy before. Does it defrost well?
It does get a little curdled looking but I only use it for baking cakes. I haven’t noticed any discernible difference in texture or flavor in the resulting cakes.
beantownbaker — November 10th, 2013 @ 2:03 pm
Good to know. I’ll have to keep that in mind because I never use the whole carton either. I tend to just make my own buttermilk with milk + vinegar but sometimes I buy it then struggle with how to use it all.
i like adding in a not traveling to the rotation! might have to employ that one here 🙂
beantownbaker — November 10th, 2013 @ 2:04 pm
It was seriously one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. We’ve done a variety of things on our holidays where we don’t travel.
Hey Jen! I JUST made these potatoes and posted them today. Alton Brown knows his stuff right? Then I saw your picture on pinterest and was like hm I wonder if that’s the same recipe…? Great minds think alike! I added green onions and bacon to mine, because, well, bacon makes everything better. Right? 🙂 Great post! http://thefoodcharlatan.com/2013/11/22/chipotle-sweet-potatoes-with-bacon/
beantownbaker — November 24th, 2013 @ 6:01 pm
Bacon definitely makes everything better. Great minds do think alike!
I am gonna try this on coming weekend and hope its looks at least nice in the texture and in color,because i am not so good in cooking:). Anyway Looking forward to more of your yummy dishes mate!!!