Rosemary-Lemon Bean Puree
"Adapted from The Minimalist Cooks at Home by Mark Bittman. Who says delicious dips have to be laden with fat - this one is very simple and so tasty. A refreshing alternative."
photo by Queen Dana
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 473.18 ml cooked cannellini or 473.18 ml other white beans, drained but quite moist
- 1-3 garlic clove, peeled
- 59.14 ml extra virgin olive oil, plus
- 14.79 ml extra virgin olive oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 9.85 ml minced fresh rosemary
- 2 lemons, rind of, grated
directions
- Put the beans in the container of a food processor with 1 clove of the garlic and a healthy pinch of salt. Turn the machine on and add the 1/4 cup olive oil in a steady stream through the feed tube; process until the mixture is smooth. Taste and add more garlic if you like, then puree again.
- Place the mixture in a bowl and use a wooden spoon to beat in the rosemary, lemon zest, and remaining olive oil. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed. Use immediately or refrigerate up to 3 days.
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Reviews
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This was very good and I'll definitely be making this again. I used dried rosemary (~ 3/4 teaspoon) and canned cannellini beans, and I chose to use 3 large garlic cloves. What a wonderful dip for spicy blue or red corn chips!! Thanks evelyn/athens for a new idea. Made for the FAMILY PICKS round of ZWT5, for the Bodacious Brickhouse Babes. -
This was simple and delicious. I used canned cannellini beans. I ate this with Galley Wench's "Recipe #318397" I made this for ZWT5. -
I made this for the "Taste of Yellow" event - May 2009. This has a very "Mediterranean" taste. I love it!!! It's best to let sit overnight. At first the lemon was very overpowering to me. I usually eat dips with unsalted chips, crackers and vegetables that don't have "strong" flavors to them, so you can taste how delicious it is, but I found that this went very well with tortilla chips. The saltiness of the chips really pulled the flavors together nicely. Wonderful recipe evelyn!
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
