Spicy Beet Dip Recipes

BEET DIP

Steps:

• Put the beets in a small baking pan with a small amount of water.
• Roast in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour.
• Peel and cut in half.
• Add beets, garlic, yogurt, olive oil and chili powder in a food processor or blender and pulse until smooth.
• Garnish with feta, hazelnuts, shallots and green onions.

SPICY BEET RELISH

Steps:

• Scrub beets and trim tops to 1 in. Place in a Dutch oven; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 45-60 minutes or until tender. Remove from water; cool. Peel and shred beets., In a Dutch oven, combine sugar and vinegar; cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Stir in shredded beets, horseradish, salt, cayenne and pepper; bring to a boil., Ladle hot mixture into hot 1-pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot relish. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 15 minutes. Remove jars and cool. If desired, serve on baguette slices and sprinkle with lemon zest.

SPICY BEET DIP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Remove greens from beets, leaving about 1/2 inch of stem. Do not trim or cut root. Wash beets well. Tightly wrap beets in double layer of foil, and roast on cookie sheet 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until tender. When beets are cool enough to handle, peel, discarding stems and root ends. Cut into 1/2-inch-wide wedges.
• In food processor bowl with metal blade, and with processor running, drop garlic clove through feed tube. Process with on-and-off pulses until finely chopped. Add cooled, roasted beets and remaining ingredients. Cover; process until smooth. Place in serving bowl.
• Serve as dip with fresh vegetables as desired. Cover and refrigerate any remaining dip.

SPICY FETA DIP

Steps:

• Add the roasted red pepper, Calabrian chile paste, salt and garlic to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is chunky and evenly chopped. Using your hands, break the feta up into large chunks and add it to the food processor. Pulse the mixture until the feta is incorporated into the pepper mixture. (The mixture should remain slightly chunky.) Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes for the flavors to come together. Serve with crackers, veggies, on sandwiches or burgers. Spicy feta dip will keep, refrigerated in an airtight container, up to 1 week.

SPICY MARYLAND CRAB DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 1 quart baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, garlic powder and about 2 tablespoons of the Cheddar cheese. Fold in crabmeat, hot sauce and 2 tablespoons seafood seasoning.
• Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Top with remaining Cheddar cheese and seafood seasoning. Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until bubbly and lightly browned.

SPICY MOZZARELLA BEEF DIP

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef in a large pan.
• Add the bacon bits, peppers, and the onion.
• Add taco seasoning packet and prepare according to back of package.
• After water has been absorbed, add the cheese in small amounts. Stir in between handfuls to insure that the cheese is melted.
• Add the tomato, stir it inches.
• Put in crock pot to keep it warm. He usually preheats the crock pot to high. And then after dumping it all in, turns it down to low.
• He likes to leave it on low for about an hour or so. It really helps to blend the flavours. There is no reason why it can't be eaten right away though! Or even leave it on all afternoon.
• Use the corn chips to scoop up the dip. You can eat it straight out of the crock pot fondue style or dish it into little bowls for individual servings.

SPICY BEER CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese in a medium bowl until smooth. Add ingredients in the following order, mixing with the beater after each one: sour cream, Cheddar cheese, beer, jalapeno peppers, garlic powder, onion powder. Cover and refrigerate until flavors have blended and dip has thickened, at least 2 hours.
• Remove from the refrigerator 15 minutes before servings.

BEET AND ALMOND DIP WITH TOASTED PITA STRIPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wrap beets and garlic separately in packets of foil. Place on a baking sheet. Bake garlic until soft, about 40 minutes; continue cooking beets until tender, about 20 minutes more. Cool in packets. With paper towels, rub off beet skins; transfer beets to a food processor.
• Squeeze garlic from skin into processor. Add horseradish, oil, vinegar, almonds, and sage; pulse until combined. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with pita strips.

MUTABBAL SHAMANDAR (BEET-TAHINI DIP)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• In a medium bowl, coat the beets in the oil and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Tear four lengths of aluminum foil and tightly wrap each beet individually in the foil. Roast the beets in the oven for about 1 hour, until caramelized and tender (a knife or cake tester should go through them with little or no resistance). Remove the beets from the oven and cool in the foil.
• For this next step, I save old towels I don't mind staining. When cool enough to handle, remove the beets from the foil, wrap each beet in a towel, and rub the peels away.
• Coarsely chop the beets and place them in a food processor or blender. Add the garlic, chile, lemon juice, cumin, and the remaining 2 teaspoons salt and blend for about 5 minutes, until creamy and smooth. Slowly drizzle in the tahini and continue blending until the tahini is fully incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Adjust the salt and lemon juice to taste. If you want a thicker spread, blend in more tahini, 1 tablespoon at a time.
• When ready to serve, scoop the mixture onto a serving plate, drizzle it with the oil, and garnish it with the herbs.

HOT SPICED BEETS

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients in a saucepan. Boil until liquid is reduced by half. Add beets and simmer until heated through.