Best 8 Italian Peasant Recipes

ITALIAN PEASANT SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage and onions over medium heat until no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Add chicken; cook and stir until no longer pink. , Stir in the beans, broth, tomatoes, basil and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add the spinach and heat just until wilted. Serve with cheese if desired.

ITALIAN PEASANT BREAD FOR BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Place ingredients, according to manufacturer's directions into your bread machine.
• (some call for all liquids, or all dry ingredients first, so know your machine) Set machine to "dough cycle" and wait. (This takes most machines about an hour and a half for a full cycle).
• Remove from machine when cycle is complete and place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Shape dough by hand, into a rectangular mound, spreading kind of thin, maybe an inch or two of thickness.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place for about an hour or until doubled in size. (This is a good time to go ahead and turn the oven on to preheat and help warm the kitchen).
• Brush with a little olive oil, sprinkle with rosemary and salt if desired. (This is the way its done at Macaroni Grill).
• Bake at 375°F for 20-25 minutes until crust is golden and crispy. Bread is meant to be a flatter shape and not a high rising bread.
• Have everyone tear their pieces of bread with their hands,and serve with olive oil flavored with fresh ground pepper.

ITALIAN PEASANT SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook sausage over medium heat until browned and no longer pink; drain.
• Add onions and garlic; saute until tender.
• Add chicken; saute and stir until no longer pink.
• Add in the beans, broth, tomatoes, basil, and oregano; stir to mix.
• Cook uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Add the spinach and heat just until wilted.
• Serve with parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.

ITALIAN PEASANT BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water. Blend in rest of ingredients except butter.
• Shape into one large round loaf. Place on a greased cooking sheet and let rise until doubled. Brush with melted butter.
• Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately 25 minutes, or until it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.

ITALIAN PEASANT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Ingredients 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast 2 cups water (lukewarm, 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit) 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2. Directions 1. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water. Blend in rest of ingredients except butter. 2. Shape into one large round loaf. Place on a greased cooking sheet and let rise until doubled (about 1 hour). Brush with melted butter. 3. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately 25 minutes, or until it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.

ITALIAN YEAST PEASANT BREAD RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit. Put the 2 packages of yeast in a room temperature large mixing bowl. Add ½ cup of the warm water (about 110-120 degrees) and whisk dissolving the yeast. Let it sit for about 15 minutes. Add the remaining water to the yeast and gently whisk together. Sift 4 cups of sifted flour and salt into a second mixing bowl. Pour half of the flour into the wet mixture and blend well. Add the remaining flour and blend well. Put the remaining flour on a clean surface. Dump out the dough and knead for about 5 minutes. (Note: leave the flour on this surface because you will knead a second time) Coat a clean large bowl with cooking spray. Form the dough into a large ball, put in the bowl, cover with a clean dish towel and place in a draft free area and let the dough rise until about double in size (an hour or more). (Note: I put mine in a cold oven. Turn on the light and let it rise. ) After the dough has raised, dump onto the flour surface and knead another 5-7 minutes. Shape into desired bread loaves, make slits (about ½" deep) on top with a sharp knife, cover and let it raise again for about 30 minutes. Brush the tops/sides of the bread with an egg white (optional) for a shiny finish. Bake in a pre-heated 400 oven about 45-55minutes. (Note: Cover the top with foil if it's getting too brown.)

ITALIAN PEASANT SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet, brown sausage over medium heat. Drain and remove to crock pot. In same skillet, add onion, garlic, and chicken. Cook until chicken is done. Remove to crock pot.
• 2. Add remaining ingredients, except spinach and Parmesan, to the crock pot. Cook on high about 4 hours, or low 8 hours.
• 3. During last 15-30 minutes of cooking, add chopped spinach.
• 4. Serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top.

ITALIAN PEASANT SOUP

Steps:

• 1. IN DUTCHOVEN OR LG PAN, ADD ONIONS,GARLIC,--SAUTE UNTIL DONE. ADD CHICKEN CUBES, CHICKEN BROTH, TOMS., BASIL, OREGANO. COOK UNCOVERED UNTIL CHICKEN IS TENDER (OR YOU CAN PRE-COOK THE CHICKEN AHEAD OF TIME TO HASTEN THE TOTAL COOKING TIME)
• 2. ADD CHOPPED SPINACH, HEAT UNTIL WILTED & DONE.
• 3. CAN SERVE WITH PARMESAN CHEESE SPRINKLED ON TOP WHEN SERVING