Bagna Cauda An Italian Treat Recipes

Steps:

• Put the oil in a pan with the garlic and anchovies and cook over low heat, stirring, until you have a melted, muddy mess. Everything should begin to meld together. Whisk in 6 tablespoons of butter, and as soon as it has melted, remove from the heat and give a few more beats of your whisk so that everything is creamy and amalgamated. Taste, and if you feel you want this as a dipping sauce - which is meant to be pungent but not acrid. If you want the sauce a little more mellow, whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter. Pour into a dish that, ideally, fits over a flame so that it does not get cold at the table.
• Dip in the crudites and eat.

Steps:

• Place all in a fondue pot or saucepan and simmer on low for 5 to 7 minutes. Do not brown the garlic, lower heat. The Anchovies should all but dissolve. add a little ground black pepper if you wish.
• Place in fondue pot or I use my mini-crock pot for this.
• Serve with a platter of veggies such as: Thin sliced carrots, lettuce and cabbage leaves, snow peas, green beans or artichoke hearts, etc. As well as various bread chunks or bits of croissants.
• Let the guests dip to their hearts content, with fondue forks or not. The leftovers if any refrigerates and freezes very well. Garlic prevails and there's no such thing as too much.
• Note: This is also excellent for dipping cooked shrimp or cooked cubed chicken breast. If so provide a second bowl, etc, to prevent contamination of the veggie/bread portion. Use all or discard, or finish off immediately with additional bread. Safe and health wise always FIRST. --- Ciao! --- Pronounced "Chow" it's Hello or Goodbye in Italian. Sophia Loren said it all the time in her movies. Arnold S. used it also As... "Ciao! Bay Bee" -- just before he dispatched one of his protagonists with his magnum.
• Pictured is individual serving.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic and cook until tender. Reduce heat to low. Mix in anchovy filets and heavy cream. Cook and stir until thickened. Remove from heat, cover and chill in the refrigerator approximately 2 hours.
• Return the mixture to medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbly. Serve hot.