Roasted Garlic Sun Dried Tomato Dip Recipes

SUN-DRIED TOMATO DIP

Steps:

• Puree the tomatoes, cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, red pepper sauce, salt and pepper in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Add the scallions and pulse twice. Serve at room temperature.

ROASTED GARLIC AND TOMATO DIP

Steps:

• Remove the papery outer skin from the garlic.
• Cut tops off of bulbs and brush with 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil.
• Wrap each bulb in foil.
• Place garlic and tomatoes on a foil lined baking pan.
• Brush tomatoes with remaining oil.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes, or until garlic is softened.
• Cool for 15 minutes then squeeze garlic into a mixing bowl.
• Drain any liquid from tomatoes, chop, and add to garlic.
• Stir in cream cheese and seasonings.
• Serve with crackers.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO & GARLIC DIP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients until well blended.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Serve with your favourite crackers.
• Warning: it's addictive!

ROASTED GARLIC, SUN-DRIED TOMATO, AND WHITE BEAN DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Remove white papery skin from garlic head. Do not peel or separate the cloves.
• Wrap head in foil.
• Bake for 45 minutes; cool for 10 minutes.
• Separate cloves. Squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins.
• Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a saucepan.
• Add tomatoes.
• Cover and removed from heat.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Drain tomatoes in a colander over a bowl, reserving 1/4 cup liquid.
• Place garlic pulp, tomatoes, 1/4 cup reserved liquid, oil, and remaining ingredients in a food processor; process until smooth.

ROASTED GARLIC AND SUN-DRIED TOMATO LOAF

Steps:

• Slice top off head of garlic; place garlic on foil and drizzle with 1 tbsp (15 mL) of the olive oil. Wrap and bake in 375°F (190°C) oven for 45 to 60 minutes or until garlic is softened. Let cool. Squeeze out pulp into small bowl; mash and set aside.
• In large bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water; sprinkle in yeast and let stand for 10 minutes or until frothy. Stir in remaining oil, tomatoes, salt and mashed garlic. Stir in multigrain flour and 1-3/4 cups (425 mL) of the white bread flour to make sticky dough.
• Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface; knead for 8 minutes or until smooth and elastic, adding as much of the remaining flour as necessary. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease all over. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise in warm place for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until doubled in bulk.
• Punch down dough; turn out onto lightly floured surface. Pat into 11-inch (28 cm) circle. Roll up into cylinder with tapered ends. Pinch along bottom to smooth and seal. Place on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Cover and let rise for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until doubled in bulk.
• With sharp knife, cut 4 shallow slashes diagonally across top of loaf. Bake in centre of 375°F (190°C) oven for about 40 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped on bottom. Let cool on rack.
• Variation.
• Bread Machine Roasted Garlic and Sun-Dried Tomato Loaf (for dough only):.
• Roast garlic as directed. Into pan of 1-1/2 to 2 lb (750 g to 1 kg) bread machine, place (in order) water, sugar, remaining oil, salt, roasted garlic, tomatoes, bread flour, multigrain flour and 1-1/4 tsp (6 mL) bread machine yeast. (Do not let yeast touch liquid.) Choose dough setting.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO DIP

Steps:

• In a food processor, mix the sun-dried tomatoes, cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic, hot pepper sauce, salt, and pepper. Process until well-blended. Add basil, and continue processing until smooth. Chill at least 1 hour in the refrigerator before serving.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO AND GARLIC DIP

Steps:

• Mix ingredients until blended.

ROASTED GARLIC AND SUN-DRIED TOMATO SPREAD

Steps:

• To roast the garlic: Cut top 1/4" off the heads, place on foil and drizzle with olive oil. Enclose in the foil and bake at 350 till soft, about 30 - 40 minutes.
• Let garlic cool a bit and squeeze the pulp out of the cut-off top into a bowl. Beat with the cheeses and oregano till smooth.
• Drain and chop the tomatoes, and add with the walnuts to mixture, stir.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, 24 hours is best to blend flavors.

ROASTED TOMATO DIP

Steps:

• Place tomatoes and whole, skin-on garlic cloves on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with olive oil and toss to coat. Roast in a preheated 450 F oven for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely. Remove paper skin from garlic cloves. Place tomatoes, peeled garlic, cream cheese, sour cream, and salt and pepper into the work bowl of a food processor fitted with metal chopping blade. Process until smooth. Garnish and serve at room temperature. Can be made up to 2 days in advance. Refrigerate leftovers.