White Bean Dip

Quick to make and easy to customize, this white bean dip is a great recipe to have in your back pocket. Zesty and flavorful with fresh lemon, garlic, and rosemary, it’s the perfect dip for guests to enjoy on top of homemade sourdough toast.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword Condiment

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 146kcal

Author Kate Freebairn

Equipment

Food Processor
Zester

Ingredients

2 cans White Beans such as cannellini beans (about 400g drained)
80 g Olive Oil
1 Lemon (zest and juice)
5 g Salt
2 cloves Garlic minced
1 sprig Rosemary
Crushed Chili Flakes for garnish, optional

Instructions

Combine the beans, half of the olive oil, lemon juice and zest, salt, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the beans are mostly pureed, leaving a few chunks if you like a thicker dip.
Place the remaining oil and rosemary sprig in a small skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Toast the rosemary in the oil for a few minutes on each side, until crispy, browned and fragrant.
Set the rosemary sprig aside on a paper-towel lined plate (I use it to garnish the dip) and pour the oil into the bowl of the food processor. Whizz the dip one more time to incorporate the flavored oil, then taste and adjust with additional salt or other spices as desired. If the dip is too thick, add a bit of warm water or reserved bean stock to thin it to your liking.
Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with the fried rosemary, chili flakes, and another drizzle of oil. If you’d prefer a non-spicy garnish, a few grinds of black pepper will do the trick.

Notes

If you don’t like mincing garlic, put the cloves into the food processor first. Use the pulse function to chop it on its own before adding the beans to ensure the cloves get minced up and you don’t end up with big pieces of raw garlic.
If you don’t like the liquid that comes with the beans, drain and rinse them first. Then if the dip is too thick, drizzle a spoonful of warm water into the food processor to thin out the dip.
Try sprinkling the dip with chopped fresh herbs like parsley or basil!

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