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Why It Works
- Steeping uncooked garlic in lemon juice prevents harsher garlic flavors from forming, and lends the dip refined allium aroma as an alternative of a pungent chew.
- Processing cooked white beans with a small quantity of bean cooking liquid produces a super-smooth dip with out diluting the flavour of the beans.
- A easy, punchy, puttanesca-inspired roasted cherry tomato topping acts a brilliant counterpart to the earthy richness of the bean dip.
Even when we aren’t internet hosting in-person dinner or cocktail events lately, we are able to nonetheless make tasty, pantry-friendly dips and appetizers for snacking on. When you’ve got a whole lot of dried legumes in your pantry, then this super-smooth white bean dip is a good way to place a pot of beans to good use.
For this dip, we preserve issues easy by buzzing up cooked white beans with a bit little bit of their cooking liquid, garlic, and lemon juice, earlier than streaming in a wholesome quantity of extra-virgin olive oil to type a {smooth} purée. To mood the cruel chew of uncooked garlic, we steep a grated clove in lemon juice earlier than processing it with the beans. As we discovered with our tahini sauce with garlic and lemon, combining lemon juice with processed uncooked garlic prevents harsher garlic flavors from forming, permitting the garlic to lend a extra refined aroma to the dip moderately than a pungent chew that might overwhelm the flavour of the beans.
The dip is paired with a brilliant and assertive puttanesca-inspired roasted cherry tomato salad that performs off the earthy richness of the beans. Cherry tomatoes are roasted with a bit olive oil till their skins simply start to wrinkle and break up, after which are tossed with briny black olives, anchovy, contemporary parsley, and a wholesome pinch of purple pepper flakes. The juices and drippings from the roasted tomatoes type a candy and tangy dressing with out the necessity for added oil or vinegar.
Each the bean dip and the roasted tomato salad will preserve for a couple of days within the fridge, so you may dole it out at your leisure as a wholesome snack, mild desk lunch, or Zoom completely happy hour appetizer.
Might 2020
This Simple, Creamy Bean Dip Is the Final Snack
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For the Tomato Salad:
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1 pound cherry tomatoes (about 1 pint; 450 g)
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1 tablespoon (15 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
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Kosher salt and freshly floor black pepper
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1/2 ounce flat-leaf parsley leaves (1 loosely packed cup; 15 g), roughly chopped
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1/4 cup (50 g) pitted black olives, similar to Niçoise, Taggiasca, or Kalamata
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1 oil-packed anchovy fillet (5 g), minced (optionally available)
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Pinch purple pepper flakes, gochugaru (Korean chile powder), or Aleppo pepper
For the White Bean Dip:
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1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon (20 ml) contemporary lemon juice from 1 entire lemon
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1 medium garlic clove (5 g)
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2 cups (425 g) cooked dry white beans, drained, or 1 (15-ounce; 425 g) can low-sodium white beans, drained and rinsed (see be aware)
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1 tablespoon (15 ml) bean cooking liquid, from a pot of beans cooked from dry, plus extra as wanted (see be aware if utilizing canned beans)
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1/4 cup (60 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
For Serving:
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1 loaf rustic sourdough bread, thickly sliced, drizzled with olive oil, and broiled till closely toasted or warmed pita bread
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For the Tomato Salad: Modify oven rack to center place and preheat oven to 425°F (220°C). In a 10-inch stainless-steel skillet or on a small rimmed eighth- or quarter-sheet pan, mix tomatoes with olive oil, season evenly with salt and pepper, and shake pan to evenly coat tomatoes with oil. Switch to oven and roast till tomato skins simply start to shrivel and break up, 20 to 25 minutes. Put aside to chill for a minimum of 10 minutes.
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Switch tomatoes and the entire juices that accrued within the baking sheet (or skillet) to a medium bowl with parsley, olives, anchovy, and purple pepper flakes. Utilizing a spoon, gently stir to mix, season to style with salt and pepper, and put aside (salad might be coated and not noted at room temperature for as much as 2 hours, or refrigerated in an hermetic container for as much as 2 days).
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For the White Bean Dip: Whereas the tomatoes are roasting, place lemon juice in a small bowl. Utilizing a Microplane, finely grate the garlic and instantly add to the lemon juice (alternatively, you should utilize a garlic press or finely mince the garlic with a knife). Put aside for 10 minutes.
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Within the bowl of a meals processor, mix beans, bean cooking liquid, and garlic-lemon juice combination. Course of beans, scraping down sides of meals processor bowl as wanted with a rubber spatula, right into a largely {smooth} paste, about 1 minute. With meals processor working, slowly stream in olive oil, and proceed to course of till combination could be very {smooth}, about 3 minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper to style and alter consistency with further bean cooking liquid if crucial. Bean dip might be served instantly or refrigerated in an hermetic container for as much as 1 week.
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For Serving: Switch bean dip to massive, extensive serving bowl and use again of huge spoon to unfold bean dip up sides of bowl, leaving effectively at middle. Spoon tomato salad in middle of effectively. Serve with bread.
Particular Tools
Rimmed quarter baking sheet or 10-inch stainless-steel skillet, meals processor
Notes
Cooked dried beans (and their cooking liquid) have a lot better taste and texture than canned beans, so we extremely suggest utilizing them on this recipe, if doable.
If utilizing canned beans, substitute bean cooking liquid with 1 tablespoon (15ml) sizzling water, including extra as wanted to realize the specified consistency. Canned beans will not purée as easily as cooked dried beans, however utilizing sizzling water helps obtain a smoother texture.
Make-Forward and Storage
The white bean dip might be refrigerated in an hermetic container for as much as 1 week. The tomato salad might be refrigerated in an hermetic container for as much as 2 days. Deliver each to room temperature earlier than serving.
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