Italian olive oil dip

polly salama's Note:

this is so wonderful with an italian menu. a restaraunt in our town serves this. last year on my birthday i asked the waitress if i could take some home with me-they normally don't let you take it home. well anyway i figured out what was in it and it is great!!

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning (dried,in the spice isle at your grocer)
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt (use less if you like or none at all)
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes

Directions:

1. combine in a container and serve on a flat plate.
2. dip warm french bread into oil mixture. there are no presevatives in this recipe so it should be used right away and not stored.

Reviews

[Jan Morrison]

This was very good. We had an Italian night and needed something like this. Granted, I was easy on the red pepper flakes, but ended up added more. Everyone thought it was outstanding. I simmered it a short amount of time in the microwave (becasue my son-in-law says the health department requires his restaraunt too)so that it would last longer. Very good and easy.

[LaLa Lola]

I served this at our dinner club's poolside party. I doubled the recipe but used only 1/2 Tbsp of red pepper flakes. I also added a glub-glub of balsamic vinegar to the serving dish. It was tasty and spicy enough for all. There were some "dregs" of seasonings left in the jar I mixed it in, so I added more olive oil and vinegar and used on a salad the next night. A very tasty bonus!

[Hungry Ev]

Awesome! I ate a little without balsamic vinegar, and it was good, then I added the vinegar and it was great. I ate it with warm pita bread.