This simple olive oil bread dip is ridiculously good. It’s a lifesaver for entertaining, comes collectively in 5 minutes, and everybody loves it!
I can’t get sufficient of this scrumptious garlic and herb olive oil dip. It’s really easy to make and is the proper simple appetizer when family and friends come over.
You’ll make a combination of recent garlic, herbs, and spices, then spoon it onto a plate and pour over olive oil. It’s excellent with heat, crusty bread or homemade focaccia! For less difficult appetizers, see our recent tomato bruschetta.
Key Components
- Garlic: I really like the flavour of recent garlic, however you need to use roasted garlic for a milder, candy taste.
- Capers: They’re salty and tremendous flavorful, which helps season the dip.
- Herbs: I like a mixture of recent rosemary and thyme with dried oregano and a pinch of purple pepper flakes for some warmth.
- Parmesan: Use a good-quality Parmesan (Parmigiano-Reggiano is my favourite). I grate the cheese with a high-quality microplane so it melts into the olive oil.
- Olive Oil: Your favourite olive oil will do! I want a fruity extra-virgin olive oil.
Make Olive Oil Bread Dip
To make my favourite bread dip, I chop all the pieces into tiny bits, then use a spoon to smoosh them collectively right into a unfastened paste. I spoon the paste onto a plate and pour extra-virgin olive oil on prime.
One in all my favourite issues about that is that I can swap elements based mostly on what I’ve within the kitchen or who’s coming. My go-to flavors are salty, like capers and parmesan cheese, herbs like rosemary, and many garlic.
I make it spicy with some crushed purple chili flakes and if I’ve it within the fridge, a mashed-up anchovy or a small squeeze of anchovy paste is scrumptious. You possibly can even add a small splash of high-quality balsamic vinegar in order for you a bit of sweetness to the dip.
Consider it as a complete taste bomb. When blended with olive oil and bread, it has simply the correct quantity of taste to make you come back for extra. On that word, you need to make a double batch. These items goes quick.
Straightforward Olive Oil Bread Dip
This garlic and herb combination is a taste bomb. When topped with olive oil, it turns right into a scrumptious dip for bread. Preserve further olive oil shut by. You possibly can at all times prime up the plate with extra.
Makes about 1/2 cup, Serves 4 to six
Watch Us Make the Recipe
You Will Want
2 garlic cloves, or extra relying on how garlicky you need it
2 tablespoons capers, drained
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons chopped recent rosemary
2 teaspoons chopped recent thyme
3 tablespoons finely grated parmesan cheese
Pinch sea salt, see ideas
Contemporary floor pepper, to style
Pinch crushed purple pepper flakes, non-obligatory to make it spicy
1/2 cup (118ml) extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra as wanted
Crusty bread
Instructions
1Finely mince the garlic and capers. Add to a bowl together with the oregano, rosemary, thyme, and cheese. Season with a small pinch of salt and pepper.
2Use the again of a spoon to smoosh the herbs into the garlic and capers.
3Make one or two mounds of the garlic-herb combination on a rimmed plate. Drizzle the olive oil on prime. Serve with bread.
Adam and Joanne’s Suggestions
- Make-ahead: Put together the garlic-herb combination a day or two prematurely and retailer, lined tightly, within the fridge. The recent herbs might lose some colour. When able to serve, add the combination to a plate and prime with olive oil.
- Capers: We love the saltiness capers add to the dip, however you may depart them out. The dip nonetheless tastes nice with out them.
- Dried herbs vs. recent: We want recent rosemary and thyme, however you need to use dried rosemary and thyme as a substitute of recent. Crush the dried herbs a bit of within the palm of your hand earlier than including them to the combo. Additionally, you will wish to use rather less (about 1/2 teaspoon). To make use of recent oregano as a substitute of dried, use a teaspoon of chopped recent oregano.
- Salt: Use your favourite salt. In case you have it, I really like truffle salt for this recipe.
- Balsamic vinegar: Including a small splash of balsamic vinegar is scrumptious!
- The diet information offered beneath are estimates. We didn’t embrace bread within the calculations.
Diet Per Serving
Serving Measurement:
About 1.5 tablespoons
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Energy
172
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Protein
1 g
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Carbohydrate
1 g
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Dietary Fiber
0 g
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Whole Sugars
0 g
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Whole Fats
19 g
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Saturated Fats
3 g
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Ldl cholesterol
2 mg
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Sodium
104 mg
