Garlicky Basil Spread

Name: Garlicky Basil Spread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 1 head garlic; 1 (19 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed; 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; 4 teaspoons white wine vinegar or 4 teaspoons cider vinegar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/8-1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped

Submitted by Derf2440

"This is so good!! Serve on crackers or on celery pieces, for an appy or as a condiment with meats, or make a toasted crostini of it, topped with parmesan cheese."

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photo by Katzen

Ready In:: 22mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 2 cups

ingredients

1 head garlic
1 (19 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
¹⁄₄ cup extra virgin olive oil
4 teaspoons white wine vinegar or 4 teaspoons cider vinegar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₈ - ¹⁄₄ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¹⁄₄ cup fresh basil, chopped

directions

separate and peel cloves of garlic.
In saucepan of boiling water, blanch garlic for 1 minute, drain (or if preferred, roast garlic).
In food processor or blender or bowl, and using a fork, mash garlic, beans, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper until smooth.
Stir in basil.

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Reviews

This is so delicious! Mere words don't do it justice! I've been buying hummus and other dip/spreads pre-made. This was just so easy and so very fresh tasting! I think roasting the garlic is the way to go, and if blanching, blanch for more than one minute (3? perhaps). And (confession time) I added 4 T of white wine vinegar instead of 4 tsp by mistake. No problem, thankfully. : ) I also packed my 1/4 cup full of basil and went for the full 1/4 tsp cayenne. Thank you for another keeper! It's a great one to make for last minute guests, too. It all fit in my mini-prep (another plus, easy clean-up). lol Thanks, Dorothy!

GinnyP
WOWZER! for the taste and the ease to make this. Perfect timing as my garlic is getting harve4stee as is the basil. Used Greek EVOO, cider vinegar, and 1/8 tsp of hot pepper. The girls came by and jumped in the pool as it is so hot and muggy. This was a super fast throw together while they were getting cooled off. Served with sourdough bread pieces, rosemary olive oil triscuit crackers, and some wine (for them not me- restricted right now :-() Huge hit for all of them. For me less than 10 minutes from fridge, to platter, to serve. This is a definite keeper and a make again for the cottage get togethers. Made for AUS/NZ Swap July 2013

Chef1MOM-Connie
Made this for a dinner party. I toasted french bread, put the spread on top and topped with parmesan cheese, then put them under the broiler until the cheese was melted. They disappeared!

Sarabbismama
Yummy, quick and easy! I roasted the garlic, used 2 tsp lemon juice and 2 tsp white wine vgr, upped the salt abit and no cayenne so used 1/4 tsp chili powder. Finally used the mezzaluna for the first time - great for chopping fresh herbs. No wonder it was thick to mix in my magic bullet, I forgot the olive oil but I did add equal amts of oil and water til the chopper could do its job. Nice change from the usual hummus.

karen in tbay
This was really good and very easy. I roasted the garlic, and admittedly threw in a few extra cloves. I think I'll serve it with some lemon wedges for those who wish to add a bit of extra zip to it - and I think I'll try what chef #428644 did next time and use lemon juice instead of the vinegar. I used my Kitchen Aid immersion blender to process it, and it was a snap! (Although I did chop the basil with my mandolin and stirred it in so it wouldn't lose the visual appeal.) Thanks, Derf! Made for All New Cookbook Tag.

Katzen

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This was really good and very easy. I roasted the garlic, and admittedly threw in a few extra cloves. I think I'll serve it with some lemon wedges for those who wish to add a bit of extra zip to it - and I think I'll try what chef #428644 did next time and use lemon juice instead of the vinegar. I used my Kitchen Aid immersion blender to process it, and it was a snap! (Although I did chop the basil with my mandolin and stirred it in so it wouldn't lose the visual appeal.) Thanks, Derf! Made for All New Cookbook Tag.

Katzen
This was great! I used a 15.5-oz can of white beans, boiled the garlic for 5 minutes, and substituted 2 t. of red wine vinegar for the 4 t. of white wine vinegar. I didn't measure any of the other ingredients precisely, but it came out perfectly. Thank you!

bekbek

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