White Bean Dip with Roasted Garlic

SherrySherry Galey

ingredients

  • 1 heads of garlic
  • 1 tbsp olive oil (30 ml)
  • Coarse salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
  • One 14-ounce can white beans, such as cannellini or northern white
  • 1 to 2 tbsp. olive oil (15 to 30 ml)
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley (15 ml)
  • pinch of cayenne, or to taste
  • Coarse salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
  • 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses, to drizzle over dip, optional (15 ml)
  • 1 baguette, sliced, toasted

directions

  • 1

    1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

  • 2

    2. Cut off the very tip of the head of garlic. This will make it easier to squeeze out when finished. Add the garlic to a small roasting pan, sprinkle with olive oil. Cover with aluminum foil. Roast until garlic is soft and golden inside, about 1 hour. Let cool.

  • 3

    3. Mash beans in a mortar and pestle or in a food processor. Squeeze out the cloves of garlic into the beans. Add olive oil, parsley. Stir. Season the dip with salt, pepper and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Transfer to a bowl. Drizzle pomegranate molasses over dip if desired. Serve with slices of baguette or toasted slices of baguette.

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