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Up subsequent? The creamiest roasted garlic feta dip whipped to perfection in your meals processor or blender with easy components and topped with the entire contemporary herbs you’ll find. I LOVE serving this dip with a plate stuffed with contemporary veggies, crackers, and pretzels. Keep tuned tomorrow for an additional new recipe that simply so occurs to be the right technique to take pleasure in this dip.
Try a number of alternative ways to make this dip your personal, and much more methods to serve it up beneath! Add it to all your upcoming spring and summer time events, holidays, brunches, and get-togethers.
The whole lot you’ll have to make this garlic feta dip
This simple garlic feta dip requires simply 5 most important components and is SO creamy and scrumptious. Right here’s what you’ll want:
- Garlic: we’re roasting an entire head of garlic, which will get good and caramelized within the oven.
- Olive oil: you’ll want olive oil for roasting the garlic, mixing within the feta dip, and drizzling on high (when you’d like).
- Yogurt: somewhat Greek yogurt provides a beautiful tangy taste, creaminess, and protein to the dip.
- Feta: can’t have feta dip with out salty, savory feta!
- Lemon juice: contemporary lemon juice provides the right quantity of brightness to steadiness the savory flavors.
- Seasonings: don’t neglect somewhat salt and pepper to carry all of it collectively.
- To garnish: I really like topping this dip with contemporary herbs like parsley, chives, or dill, plus purple pepper flakes.
Strive these taste variations
- Herbed Whipped Garlic Dip: Add 2 tablespoons of a mixture of chopped contemporary leafy herbs (resembling dill, parsley, cilantro or basil) earlier than mixing.
- Tahini Whipped Garlic Dip: Add 2 tablespoons tahini to the blender and course of till clean. That is SO good! High with toasted sesame seeds on high.
Tips on how to roast a head of garlic
This dip begins with aromatic, savory, roasted garlic. It’s SO simple to do:
- Prep the garlic. Preheat the oven to 400º levels F. Minimize off ¼-½” from the highest, or the “stem” finish, of a garlic bulb (i.e. not the foundation) and place it on a bit of tin foil. Drizzle the garlic with a tablespoon of olive oil, then shut the tin foil round it.
- Roast it up. Place the foil-wrapped garlic bulb on a small baking sheet and roast for about 40 minutes or till the garlic cloves are delicate and calmly golden in colour.
- Cool & add to the dip. Let the garlic cool fully, then squeeze the garlic cloves out of the pores and skin and into your meals processor to make the feta dip.
Our favourite methods to take pleasure in this garlic feta dip
- Dip contemporary greens, pretzels, pita bread naan, or crackers (like these home made paleo crackers).
- Use it as a sandwich unfold or perhaps a salad dressing on a salad like this one!
- Drizzle it on roasted veggies or a phenomenal sheet pan meal like this one, and even toss it with pasta for a scrumptious roasted garlic pasta sauce.
Tip for serving a crowd
The roasted garlic feta dip serves 4-6 folks as written, however be at liberty to double it to serve extra!
Make this dip forward of time
Be happy to make this garlic feta dip a number of days forward of time and retailer it in an hermetic container within the fridge. I might wait to garnish it with contemporary herbs till you’re able to serve it.
Tips on how to retailer this garlic feta dip
Retailer any leftover feta dip in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3-4 days. Give it combine earlier than having fun with it from the fridge!
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Roasted Garlic Whipped Feta Dip
Creamy garlic feta dip made with an entire head of roasted garlic, protein-packed Greek yogurt, contemporary lemon juice, and feta cheese. You may love the savory, salty, tangy flavors whipped collectively on this simple garlic feta dip! High with contemporary herbs and serve with veggies, crackers, and extra.
Elements
- For the roasted garlic:
- 1 head of garlic
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- For the whipped feta yogurt:
- ¾-1 cup plain Greek yogurt (2% or complete milk most popular!)
- 4 ounces feta, crumbled
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon contemporary lemon juice
- Freshly floor salt and pepper, to style
- To garnish
- Further-virgin olive oil
- 1 -2 tablespoons contemporary chopped leafy herbs, resembling parsley, chives or dill
- Pink pepper flakes, non-compulsory
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 400 levels F.
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For the garlic: peel and discard the outer papery layers of the entire garlic head. Depart the skins intact of the person cloves. Utilizing a pointy knife, minimize ¼ inch off from the highest of the cloves in order that the person cloves of garlic are uncovered. Place garlic in a medium piece of foil and drizzle the highest of the garlic with olive oil then loosely wrap within the foil and place on a small sheet pan. Roast within the oven for 40 minutes till very aromatic. Permit garlic to chill for five minutes earlier than eradicating foil.
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Make the whipped feta yogurt dip: permit the garlic to chill sufficient to the contact, then merely use your fingers to squeeze the roasted garlic from the pores and skin and add it on to a excessive powered blender or meals processor. Then add in yogurt, feta, olive oil, and lemon juice. Course of till clean and nicely mixed, scraping down the perimeters as obligatory. Add salt and pepper to style and course of/mix as soon as extra.
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Add to a shallow bowl that’s nice for dipping then drizzle a little bit of olive oil on high. Garnish with somewhat contemporary chopped leafy herbs – no matter you may have available is nice! This can be a good pairing with my parmesan roasted potatoes, but in addition pretty as a dip with chips, crostini or veggies, or as an expansion on sandwiches, served with roasted hen, and even beneath a mattress of roasted veggies! Completely as much as you.
Recipe Notes
Tahini Whipped Garlic Dip: Add 2 tablespoons tahini to the blender and course of till clean. That is SO good! High with toasted sesame seeds on high.
See the total submit for suggestions, methods, and extra methods to customise this dip!
Diet
Serving: 1serving (based mostly on 6, dip solely)Energy: 130calCarbohydrates: 3.9gProtein: 5.9gFats: 10.4gSaturated Fats: 3.9gFiber: 0.1gSugar: 1.3g
Recipe by: Monique Volz // Formidable Kitchen | Pictures by: Eat Love Eats
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