Maggianos Little Italy Chicken Asiago Soup Copycat Food

MAGGIANO'S LITTLE ITALY CHICKEN ASIAGO SOUP (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• In large pot over medium-high heat, heat oil.
• Add onions and garlic and saute until light brown. Lower heat and add celery, carrots, salt and pepper.
• Saute until vegetables are tender. Add rosemary and cook briefly.
• Add broth and cooked chicken. Stir in Asiago and Parmesan cheeses. Simmer 10 minutes.
• Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper if needed. Serve immediately or cool in refrigerator.
• To serve: Portion pasta, spinach and cheese for garnish into bottom of individual serving dishes. Top with hot soup.

MAGGIANO'S LITTLE ITALY ITALIAN TRIFLE WITH SEASONAL FRUIT

Steps:

• Pastry Cream:
• In a stainless steel pot, scald milk by heating until skin forms on top.
• Meanwhile, whisk together yolks and sugar well.
• Add cornstarch and whisk. Once milk is scalded, slowly pour into egg mixture while whisking.
• Once incorporated, pour back into pot and put over low heat while whisking. Cook mixture just until it gets thick and comes to a boil.
• Remove from heat immediately and pour into metal bowl. Whisk vanilla extract and cover directly with plastic wrap. Let cool several hours or overnight.
• In a small mixer, whip cream and sugar until stiff. Fold into cooled pastry cream mixture.
• Assembly:
• Mix all fruit together in a bowl.
• In a sundae glass, place one cake cube on the bottom.
• Top with two ounces of cream mixture. Top with two ounces of fruit plus place for more cubes of cake on top of cream mixture and press slightly.
• Top with three ounces of cream mixture.
• Reserve remainder of fruit as a garnish.

CHICKEN ASIAGO SOUP

Steps:

• In large pot over medium-high heat, heat oil.
• Add onions and garlic and saute until light brown. Lower heat and add celery, carrots, salt and pepper.
• Saute until vegetables are tender. Add rosemary and cook briefly.
• Add broth and cooked chicken. Stir in Asiago and Parmesan cheeses. Simmer 10 minutes.
• Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper if needed. Serve immediately or cool in refrigerator.
• To serve: Portion pasta, spinach and cheese for garnish into bottom of individual serving dishes. Top with hot soup.