Best Crudités With Grilled Green Goddess Dip Recipes

Crudités with Green Goddess Dip image

Provided by Nancy Oakes

Yield Makes 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 anchovy fillets
1 medium shallot, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon Champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar
1 garlic clove, peeled
1 large ripe avocado, peeled, pitted, quartered
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
3 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
1/2 cup olive oil
30 cooked large American shrimp, peeled, tails left intact
Heads of green and red Belgian endive, trimmed, leaves separated
Easter Egg radishes, trimmed, with some tops still attached
Heirloom baby carrots, peeled, trimmed, with some tops still attached
Persian or Japanese cucumbers, cut into 3x1/2-inch spears
Sugar snap peas, trimmed
Red, yellow, and orange bell peppers, cut into 3x1/2-inch strips

Steps:

Combine lemon juice, anchovies, shallot, vinegar, and garlic in processor. Blend until shallot and garlic are finely chopped. Add avocado, sour cream, parsley, tarragon, and basil; blend until almost smooth. With machine running, add olive oil through feed tube in thin stream. Transfer dip to small bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
Place bowl of dip on large platter. Surround with shrimp and vegetables.

Summer Crudites with Green Goddess Dip image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup sour cream
2/3 cup mayonnaise
2 anchovy fillets, preferably salt packed, rinsed
1 1/2 cups fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
4 scallions, trimmed and chopped, dark-green tops reserved
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
1/4 cup chopped fresh tarragon leaves
Assorted crudites, such as cherry tomatoes, baby carrots, and blanched snap peas, snow peas, wax beans, and baby squash (see note), for serving

Steps:

In a food processor, puree sour cream, mayonnaise, anchovies, parsley, basil, and chopped scallions until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a bowl. Refrigerate, covered, up to 1 day.
Finely chop reserved dark-green scallion tops and stir into dip, along with tarragon. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with crudites.

Green Goddess Dip image

Provided by Scott Conant

Categories appetizer

Time 30m

Yield about 2 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 11

3/4 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup fresh dill
1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1/4 cup fresh tarragon leaves
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons neutral oil
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper

Steps:

Combine the buttermilk, yogurt, basil, dill, parsley, tarragon, mustard and vinegar in a blender and blend for about 15 seconds. With the blender running, slowly drizzle in the neutral oil and extra-virgin olive oil until the mixture is emulsified. Season with salt and black pepper. Serve chilled.