White Bean Spread Recipes

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• In a food processor, combine the beans, roasted garlic, olive oil and lemon juice and process until smooth. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Garnish with fresh parsley leaves and serve with your favorite vegetables.

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• Combine the beans, olive oil, vinegar, garlic powder, some salt and pepper and 2 tablespoons cold water in a food processor and blend until smooth. Transfer to a serving bowl, garnish with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle with the crushed red pepper. Serve with pita chips.

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• Place olive oil, garlic and rosemary in a 10-inch skillet. Heat pan until ingredients start to sizzle. Add beans and their liquid to the pan. As beans cook, mash them with a wooden spoon or potato masher. Cook until mixture is a loose spread consistency (it will thicken as it cools). Transfer to a serving bowl or storage container.

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• In a food processor, combine the beans, oil and garlic; cover and process until smooth. Add the basil, lemon juice, salt and pepper; cover and process until blended. Serve with pita chips. Refrigerate leftovers.

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• Rinse and drain beans. To a food processor with motor running add desired amount of garlic and blend until minced. Add beans and remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Transfer spread to a serving bowl. Spread may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring spread to room temperature before serving.
• Just before serving, garnish spread with parsley and/or paprika. Serve spread with crackers or baguette slices.

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• In a food processor, combine 2 cans (15.5 ounces each) rinsed and drained, 3 tablespoons 1 to 2 tablespoons and cup water. Process until smooth, adding more water if necessary. Add 2 teaspoons finely chopped and pulse until combined. Season with and Transfer to a serving bowl and drizzle with a little oil.

Steps:

• Place beans, garlic, lime juice, and olive oil in food processor or mini-chopper; process until smooth.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until well mixed and the herbs are chopped as coarsely or finely as you like (I like them almost liquified).
• Refrigerate for at least a few hours so the flavors blend (overnight is even better).

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• In a food processor, combine the cannellini beans, cilantro, garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. Process until smooth, or to your desired consistency. Taste, and season with salt and pepper.

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• Roast the garlic: Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Peel off most of the garlic's outermost skin but leave the whole head intact. Trim about 1/4 inch off the top of the garlic to expose the cloves. Place the garlic on a large piece of aluminum foil, then drizzle 1 teaspoon olive oil over the exposed cloves and close the foil into a pouch. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until you can pierce the center of the head with a knife. Let cool slightly.
• Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves into the bowl of a food processor. Add the white beans, 4 tablespoons olive oil, lemon juice, rosemary leaves, black pepper, cayenne (if using), hot water and salt. Purée until smooth, then taste for salt, pepper, rosemary and lemon juice. Adjust as necessary. Transfer to a serving dish.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a small heavy skillet over medium-high heat. When hot, add the remaining rosemary sprig - it should sizzle. Cook until brown and crisp, flipping once, about 1 minute per side, then transfer to the top of the dip as a garnish. Pour or spoon the remaining olive oil, now infused with rosemary, over the top of the dip. Sprinkle with cayenne for a little additional heat.

Steps:

• Put the beans in a food processor with the garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, and cumin. Turn the machine on and process until the mixture is smooth, stopping and scraping down the sides if necessary and adding a bit more bean liquid or olive oil if necessary.
• Taste and adjust the seasoning-add more garlic, salt, pepper, or cumin if you like-then transfer to a bowl. Add lemon juice a tablespoon at a time, until quite tart, then garnish with the chopped shallot if you like. Use immediately or refrigerate for a day or two. Bring back to room temperature before serving. Drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with a little more cumin (or some paprika) before serving.

Steps:

• Put beans, garlic and some salt in container of a food processor.
• Turn machine on, and add 2 tablespoons olive oil in a steady stream through feed tube; process until mixture is smooth.
• Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper.
• Cover and refrigerate (up to 2 days), until about an hour prior to serving.
• Just before serving, stir in herbs, drizzle with remaining olive oil, and garnish with herb sprig.
• Serve with chips, pita crisps or raw veggies.