Is it party time? Of course it is. Whether it’s your own party or you’re contributing niblicks to someone else’s, you’re sure to get raves with this dead-easy recipe. Just chuck it all in your food processor then hot it up in the oven.
You Will Need: Food Processor
Serve with any of the following:
Or, if you want to pretend to be low carb/low calorie (who are you kidding with all that mayo, cream cheese and sour cream?):
Or, especially if Christmas is the theme:
A word about heat: the peppery kind. Don’t be scared by that can of chilies. There’s enough dairy in this recipe to render it quite tame. In fact you may need to spice it up if you’re serving hotheads. That’s why tasting is so important in this recipe and cooking in general.
It almost always pays to be persnickety about using real Parmigiano Reggiano. It is, after all, the king of hard cheeses. In this recipe, you can probably get away with a domestic Parmesan, freshly grated, but please not that “cheese” in the green cardboard can which has all the flavor, not coincidentally, of cardboard. If your cheesemonger can’t get you the real article…
If you have a garlic press, use it if that’s fun for you. Or avoid the cleaning chore and do like professional chefs do: smash each garlic clove with the flat side of your chef’s knife. Once split that way, the peel comes away very easily. Then you can mince it as finely as you want with your knife, or as in this case, chuck it right into the food processor.
If you like a little more texture to your dip, hold out one or two artichoke hearts when you’re processing. Chop them separately by hand and stir them into the mixture before baking.
For more appetizing ideas, try one of these:
And here's a similar recipe with [gasp], crab meat:
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