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Sage Brown Butter White Bean Dip
Silky white bean puree finished with nutty brown butter and crispy fried sage
⏱️ Prep: 10min🍳 Cook: 10min⏰ Total: 20min👥 Serves: 16🌡️ room_temp
✓ vegetarian✓ gluten-free
⚠️ Contains: 🥛 Dairy
Ingredients
- 30 ozcannellini beans(2 cans, drained and rinsed)
- 6 tbspunsalted butter
- 12 leavesfresh sage
- 3 clovesgarlic(minced)
- 2 tbspfresh lemon juice
- 0.5 cupolive oil
- 1 tspkosher salt
- 0.5 tspblack pepper
- 0.25 cupparmesan cheese(grated)
📝 Make Ahead
Dip can be made 3 days ahead; bring to room temperature before serving. Fry sage leaves fresh for best texture.
Instructions
- In small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat
- Add sage leaves and cook until butter turns golden brown and smells nutty, 3-4 minutes
- Sage will crisp up - remove leaves and set aside for garnish
- Reserve brown butter
- In food processor, combine beans, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper
- Process until smooth, scraping down sides
- With processor running, drizzle in warm brown butter
- Add parmesan and pulse to combine
- Transfer to serving bowl, top with crispy sage leaves
- Drizzle with additional olive oil and serve with crusty bread
💡 Pro Tips
Watch the butter carefully - it goes from brown to burned quickly. The milk solids should smell nutty, not burnt. Dried beans cooked from scratch yield creamier results than canned. A drizzle of truffle oil makes this exceptionally luxurious.
📜 History
This dip draws inspiration from the classic Italian combination of sage and brown butter, traditionally served with ravioli or gnocchi. The white bean base transforms it into a party-friendly format that captures all the autumnal elegance of the original.
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