SUMMER CRUDITES WITH GREEN GODDESS DIP
Is it a dressing or a dip? Who cares? Green goddess dressing, the beloved California creation, doubles as a dip for a summertime crudite platter. The creamy concoction is studded with chopped fresh herbs and scallions, and it pairs particularly well with the season's bounty -- here, baby carrots and yellow squash, tender peas and beans, and little tomatoes -- but let the greenmarket (or your own garden) be your guide. This recipe originally appeared inMartha Stewart's Appetizers (Clarkson Potter).
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Number Of Ingredients 9
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.
HERB DIP
Steps:
- Place the cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, scallions, parsley, dill, salt, and pepper in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and blend. Serve at room temperature.
GREEN CRUDITES WITH YOGURT-DILL DIP
Steps:
- Yogurt-Dill Dip: Pulse 1 garlic clove, 1/4 cup each roughly chopped mint, dill and parsley, 1 chopped scallion and 1 chopped anchovy in a food processor. Add 2 cups plain Greek yogurt and puree until smooth.
- Serve with:
- Broccolini: Trim, then cook in salted boiling water, 3 to 4 minutes; drain and cool in ice water, then drain again. Season with salt.
- Spiced Pepitas: Toss 1 1/2 cups pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds) with 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander, a pinch of cayenne and 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt on a baking sheet. Roast at 400 degrees F until golden, about 5 minutes.
- Persian Cucumbers
- Little Gem Lettuce
- Brussels Sprouts: Trim and cut in half; toss with olive oil, season with salt and roast at 400 degrees F, 20 minutes.
- Haricots Verts: Trim, then cook in salted boiling water, 4 minutes; drain and cool in ice water, then drain again. Season with salt.
BLANCHED CRUDITES
Steps:
- Prepare a large pot of boiling salted water, and fill a large bowl with ice water.
- Remove the tough bottoms of the asparagus stalks. If they are thick, peel the stems half-way up the stalk.
- Add the carrots to the pot of boiling water and blanch for 1 minute. Immediately remove the carrots with a slotted spoon and plunge them in the bowl of ice water. Drain the carrots when fully cooled.
- Add the asparagus to the boiling water and blanch for 1 minute. Immediately remove the asparagus with a slotted spoon and plunge them into the reserved bowl of ice water. Drain the asparagus when fully cooled.
- Slice the radicchio into wedges.
- Arrange the carrots, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, and radicchio on a platter and serve with the Herb Dip.
- Place the cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, scallions, parsley, dill, salt, and pepper in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and blend. Serve at room temperature.
CRUDITéS WITH GREEN GODDESS DIP
This dip is similar to the original green goddess dressing, which was created in the 1920s at San Franciscos Palace Hotel. Here, sour cream stands in for mayo.
Provided by Nancy Oakes
Categories Herb Christmas Cocktail Party Picnic Super Bowl Thanksgiving High Fiber Oscars Dinner Basil Shrimp Avocado Cucumber Bell Pepper Radish Family Reunion Poker/Game Night Shower Sour Cream Bon Appétit Sugar Conscious Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
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.
GREEN AND WHITE CRUDITES WITH HERBED ANISE DIP
Steps:
- Make dip:
- In a bowl whisk together all ingredients except herbs with salt and pepper to taste. Chill dip, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 4 days. Just before serving, stir in tarragon and chervil.
- Arrange crudités decoratively on a tiered serving plate or in a large basket and serve with dip.
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