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. 
some of our faves are asparagus and brussels sprouts too 🙂
This is the only way we eat our asparagus as well. Do people still boil asparagus? Seriously, it’s kind of a waste that way…
Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best to share. 🙂
One of my all time faves. Roasted anything, actually, but asparagus gets so crispy and flavorful!
We love to grill asparagus that has been rubbed with olive oil and sea salt–so good! 🙂
Hi there, I’ve been reading your blog for so long now and just wanted to say thanks for all your wonderful recipes. I’ve used so many that have been awesome and really tasty thank you so much! Keep up the good work!
p.s asparagus season is one of the highlights of our year to hehe. So many fantastic things you can do with it! Have you tried roasting it in orange juice and silvered almonds? Devine.
Sezasaurus – Orange and almond does sound tasty! Thanks for the idea.
I can’t remember if I’ve ever had roasted asparagus – roasted broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts definitely but roasted asparagus could be a new one. Sounds awesome! 🙂
We made this last night with grilled pork chops and homemade mac and cheese. I tossed in the olive oil, garlic salt, and pepper and then probably ate 1/4 of them cold while I was waiting for the oven to heat up. Hubby and I each took a serving for our plates after they cooked and then stood in the kitchen eating the rest off the baking sheet before we had dinner! So good and so easy for our favorite veggie!