Roasted Garlic Butter Bean Rosemary Dip Recipes

ROASTED GARLIC, BUTTER BEAN & ROSEMARY DIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas mark 5. Place the garlic cloves on a square of foil, add 2 tsp water and make a little parcel. Roast for about 15 minutes towards the top of the oven, or until the cloves are soft.
• Cool the garlic cloves, then squeeze out the softened pulp into a large bowl.
• Tip the butter beans into the bowl and add the soft cheese and rosemary. Blend with a hand-held stick blender until smooth. Alternatively, use a conventional blender or food processor to make the dip. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve the dip with fresh carrot sticks.

ROASTED GARLIC AND ROSEMARY WHITE BEAN DIP

Steps:

• Break up a small head of garlic into individual cloves [with the outer skin intact] and place them on to a sheet of aluminum foil. Drizzle with a little olive oil, then fold up the sides of the foil like a purse, and place onto to the middle rack of your preheated 400° oven and roast for 20-25 minutes. Remove and let cool until safe enough to peel off the outer skin of each clove.
• Drain and rinse 2 cans of cannellini beans.
• In the bowl of your food processor, fitted with the blade attachment, add the beans, roasted garlic, broth, olive oil and vinegar. Pulse a few times to combine.
• Add in the chopped fresh rosemary and blend until smooth. Taste-test and season with kosher salt and black pepper to your preference.
• Serve immediately or cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• Spoon the roasted garlic and rosemary white bean dip in a bowl, use a spoon to create dips and valleys before drizzling with a little olive oil.
• Garnish with extra whole roasted garlic cloves and rosemary sprigs if desired and serve with toasted naan bread or pita chips.

ROASTED GARLIC AND WHITE BEAN DIP WITH ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Roast the garlic: Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Peel off most of the garlic's outermost skin but leave the whole head intact. Trim about 1/4 inch off the top of the garlic to expose the cloves. Place the garlic on a large piece of aluminum foil, then drizzle 1 teaspoon olive oil over the exposed cloves and close the foil into a pouch. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until you can pierce the center of the head with a knife. Let cool slightly.
• Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves into the bowl of a food processor. Add the white beans, 4 tablespoons olive oil, lemon juice, rosemary leaves, black pepper, cayenne (if using), hot water and salt. Purée until smooth, then taste for salt, pepper, rosemary and lemon juice. Adjust as necessary. Transfer to a serving dish.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a small heavy skillet over medium-high heat. When hot, add the remaining rosemary sprig - it should sizzle. Cook until brown and crisp, flipping once, about 1 minute per side, then transfer to the top of the dip as a garnish. Pour or spoon the remaining olive oil, now infused with rosemary, over the top of the dip. Sprinkle with cayenne for a little additional heat.

WHITE BEAN AND ROSEMARY & GARLIC SPREAD /DIP

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients except garnish and optional ingredients in the food processor bowl fitted with the steel blade. Process until smooth, about 30 seconds, then divide into two or three or leave as is.Then adding tomatoes to one, olives to the other and one as is, season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until 20 minutes-overnight.
• To serve, place the bean spread in a bowl and garnish it with rosemary sprigs. Set the bowl on a platter and surround it with fresh crisp bread bread chunks and veggies.