Artichoke and white bean dip

  • Portion size: Serves 4-6
  • Hands-on time 5 min
  • Difficulty: easy
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This elegant and summery artichoke dip is one of the best things you can whizz up in your blender. Silky smooth, full of creamy flavour and perfect for bread, crisps, boiled potatoes or – and we will hold our hands up to doing this – just eaten with a spoon.

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Ingredients

  • 280g jar artichokes in oil
  • 400g tin butter beans, drained but liquid reserved
  • Finely grated zest 1 lemon, plus a squeeze juice
  • Extra-virgin olive oil to drizzle
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Method

  1. Add the jar of artichokes, oil and all, to a blender with the drained beans and a pinch of salt and pepper. Whizz into a smooth dip, adding splashes of the reserved bean liquid as needed. Finish by stirring in the lemon zest and a squeeze of the juice. Drizzle the top with olive oil to serve.
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Nutrition

  • 182kcals Calories
  • 12g (3.2g saturated) Fat
  • 5.4g Protein
  • 11g (0.1g sugars) Carbs
  • 6.2g Fibre
  • 1g Salt

Quick wins & tips

This dip also works really well as a plant-based pasta sauce – just warm it through in a pan and toss through pasta with a splash of the cooking water. It’s incredibly creamy thanks to the butter beans without any dairy involved.

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