Carrageenan Free White Bean Dip with Rosemary
This creamy, herb-forward dip is the kind of thing you'll want to keep on rotation for snacking, entertaining, or spreading onto everything in sight. Cannellini beans get blended with golden garlic, fragrant rosemary, bright lemon juice, and a touch of cumin until the whole thing is impossibly smooth and rich. The trick is blooming the garlic and rosemary in warm olive oil first — it deepens the flavor in a way that makes this dip taste far more complex than the ingredient list suggests. Store-bought dips and spreads are a common source of hidden additives like carrageenan, which is used as a thickener or stabilizer in many packaged foods, so making your own from scratch is a genuinely smart move. Every ingredient here is whole and straightforward — beans, olive oil, lemon, fresh herbs — so you know exactly what you're eating. Finish it with a drizzle of good olive oil, a pinch of red pepper flakes, and a rosemary sprig, and it looks like something you'd order at a restaurant.
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6 servings
- 2 cans (15 oz each) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ½ tsp lemon zest
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp kosher salt, plus more to taste
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 2–3 tbsp water
For serving
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling (optional)
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil in a small skillet over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and rosemary and cook, stirring frequently, until the garlic is softened and just golden at the edges and the rosemary is fragrant, about 3–4 minutes. Watch closely, as the garlic can brown quickly. Remove from heat and let cool for 2 minutes.
- 2
Transfer the garlic-rosemary oil to a food processor. Add the cannellini beans, lemon juice, lemon zest, cumin, salt, and black pepper. Process until the mixture begins to come together, about 30 seconds.
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