Bagna Cauda
Piedmont's “hot bath” — garlic softened in milk, then melted with anchovies into olive oil and butter and kept warm over a flame at the table for dipping raw and roasted autumn vegetables.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 12 garlic cloves, peeled
- 250 ml whole milk
- 60 g anchovy fillets in oil, drained
- 150 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 1 kg raw and roasted vegetables for dipping (peppers, fennel, cardoons, cauliflower, potatoes)
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2358 kcal · P 40.3g · C 101.9g · F 205.8g
Estimated from 6 of 6 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Halve the garlic cloves and pull out any green shoots, which taste harsh. Simmer them in the milk in a small pan over low heat for 20 minutes, until very soft; the milk takes away the raw edge. Drain and discard the milk.
- 2Mash the garlic to a paste with a fork in a small heavy pan — a terracotta pot is traditional — then add the olive oil and the anchovies.
- 3Cook over the lowest possible heat for 10–15 minutes, stirring and pressing with a wooden spoon, until the anchovies dissolve completely into the oil. It must never fry or brown, or the garlic turns bitter.
- 4Stir in the butter until it melts and the sauce turns creamy.
- 5Cut the vegetables into sticks, wedges and florets that are easy to hold and arrange them on a platter.
- 6Bring the pan to the table over a candle or spirit burner, so it stays hot but never boils, and let everyone dip the vegetables.
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Questions and answers
How long does Bagna Cauda take to make?
About 55 minutes: 20 min prep and 35 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Bagna Cauda?
6 ingredients: garlic cloves, whole milk, anchovy fillets in oil, extra virgin olive oil, unsalted butter, raw and roasted vegetables for dipping (peppers.
How many servings does this Bagna Cauda recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Bagna Cauda?
About 393 kcal, with 6.7 g protein, 17 g carbohydrate and 34.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Bagna Cauda recipe suit?
It is gluten-free.
What cuisine is Bagna Cauda?
Bagna Cauda comes from Italian cuisine.
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