12 Days of Christmas: Garlicky White Bean Dip
 
 
Recipe inspired by Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine - aka the holy grail.
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Ingredients
  • 1-3 heads of garlic, roasted
  • 1 can cannellini beans
  • 75 ml olive oil
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • juice of 1-2 lemons, to taste
  • Pepperoni/salami of your choice for topping
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • To serve: thick slices of char-grilled sourdough
Instructions
  1. Roast garlic on an oven tray until very tender (40-45 minutes). When cool enough to handle, squeeze cloves from skins into a bowl (discard skins).
  2. Reserve ½ cup of beans to serve and process the rest with garlic, lemon juice and 50ml extra-virgin olive oil in a food processor until smooth, season generously to taste. Thin slightly with a little chicken stock if too thick.
  3. Heat remaining olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat, add pepperoni and stir occasionally, until it starts to crisp at the edges (2-3 minutes). Remove pan from heat, add oregano and vinegar (be careful, hot oil will spit), stir to combine and season to taste.
Recipe by Dulcet Devotion at https://dulcetdevotion.com/2016/12/15/12-days-of-christmas-garlicky-white-bean-dip/