Garlic Scape & White Bean Dip
Garlic scapes lift this bean dip into a seasonal, delicious and healthy beginning of summer dip.A fluffy and billowing fresh green colored dip with a velvety texture and mildly assertive green garlic warmth to wrap around any crudites of your choosing.
Yield
6 servingsPrep
5 minCook
0 minReady
5 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ounces |
garlic scapes
about 4 or 5 shoots, trimmed and sliced |
*
|
| 1 ½ | tablespoons |
lemon juice
about ½ lemon |
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ⅛ | teaspoon |
black pepper
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
water
or more if needed |
|
| ¼ | cup |
olive oil, extra-virgin
plus more for garnish if desired |
|
| 15 | ounces |
white beans
or cannelloni beans, canned, drained and rinsed |
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57.8 | ml/g |
garlic scapes
about 4 or 5 shoots, trimmed and sliced |
*
|
| 23 | ml |
lemon juice
about ½ lemon |
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 0.6 | ml |
black pepper
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
water
or more if needed |
|
| 59 | ml |
olive oil, extra-virgin
plus more for garnish if desired |
|
| 433.5 | ml/g |
white beans
or cannelloni beans, canned, drained and rinsed |
Directions
Prepare the garlic scapes by trimming off the fibrous top, just above the bulbous part and trim off the bottom slightly; see photo. Slice the trimmed garlic scapes into 1 inch (2 cm) pieces.
Add the garlic scapes to a food processor with the lemon juice, salt, and black pepper. Process until finely chopped, pulsing and scraping sides as needed; about one minute.
Add the beans and pulse until you achieve a rough puree. With the food processor running, drizzle in the olive oil + 2 or 3 tablespoons of water until fairly smooth.
Taste and adjust seasoning with additional salt, black pepper, and lemon juice.
Makes about 1 ½ cups of dip.
Serving Garlic Scape Dip
Transfer to a shallow bowl, spreading out attractively and drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with a bit of flaky sea salt and a fresh grind or two of black pepper.
Serve with tortilla chips, crudites (carrot/celery sticks, etc.), bread, crisps or crackers or other suitable dippers.
