Freshen up your old standby party dip with carrots, carrots, carrots!

Carrot dip

Implements:

  • food processor; grater & processor blades
  • knife & small cutting board

Ingredients:

  • 1-2 carrots, cut into large chunks (to fit into the food processor tube)
  • 1 thumb of fresh ginger, peeled then grated with a microplane (or, 1/2 t ginger powder)
  • 15oz cooked garbanzos (1 can), drained
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 1 T lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • salt & pepper, to taste
  • water (a few tablespoons)

Procedure:

  • run your carrots through the grater attachment on your food processor. do NOT use the processor blade for this step…breaking down the carrot too much leads to an unfortunate and unappetizing color in the end :(
  • switch from the grater to the processor blade
  • add the rest of the ingredients (except the water) & process. it should be crumbly.
  • pulse in a little water, bit by bit. the consistency should be a little ‘rustic.’ you don’t want it to be completely smooth.
  • you are done! serve as a spread on crackers or toast, or as a dip.

Wanna shake it up?

  • replace your garbanzos with another white bean (cannellini, navy, etc.)
  • make it spicy with cayenne or chile de arbol
  1. loveoflobster posted this