Bread dipping has been discovered as a tasty trend, and a new change from the tired appetizer, cheese and crackers. This new idea filled with flavored oils, sauces, and breads used in the olive oil dipping dish, will be a tasty treat.

If you would like to serve your guests something besides the traditional celery and carrot sticks, then the delightful new trend of bread dipping using the dipping dish, is for you. For a culinary masterpiece, try adding an olive oil dipping dish and a combination of herb dips. If you want to create an all occasion appetizer with the classy bread dipping dish, then you just need to combine delicious Mediterranean oils, and a different selection of breads. It will not be necessary to go around looking for gourmet grocer. To find a nice olive oil selection, you need only drop by your local grocery store. By being prepared to spend a little bit more for a bottle of extra virgin olive oil, you will find that it has a delightful flavor and is a very high quality oil. It will be a great choice for bread dipping. You will probably find that you may have pure olive oil in your pantry, but pure olive oils, are best for cooking, while the flavor staggers in comparison to extra virgin olive oil.

Do not be fooled when you see the name extra light olive oil, because the calories are the same. The color and the flavor of the oil is lighter and is what is being referred to in this case. This makes a good alternative when you are baking with vegetable or canola oil.

You can instantly serve many oils and sauces you want with the dipping dish. When serving the breads you want, simply put the flavored oils, for example, roasted garlic, lemon juice, and some fresh basil, in the dipping dishes.

Our bread dipping dish set includes, a recipe along with dried herbs that you can re-hydrate and add to your desired olive oil.

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Oil dipping appetizer for bread is the perfect addition to any pasta meal. It is advisable to adjust all seasonings to your taste. Serve with Italian flat bread, soft Italian bread sticks, or even a fresh baked French bread loaf. For oil dipping, soft bread is ideal, although some oil dipping variations encourage toasting the bread before using. When red ripe tomatoes are in season, add chopped or fresh sliced tomatoes to your oil dipping appetizer. The same goes with fresh basil leaves torn into small pieces and added to the oil dipping mixture.

Oil Dipping Variations

Ingredients 
1 Tablespoon garlic clove, peeled and pressed through a garlic press 
1 tsp fresh Basil leaves
1 tsp Rosemary dried
1 tsp Oregano dried
1 1/2 Tablespoon Parsley dried
Sea salt 
Dash of black peppercorns fresh ground 
Add crushed red pepper to taste

Directions 
Whisk together all ingredients completely. Place a teaspoon on a small dipping dish, drizzle well with gourmet quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Taste with an Italian bread slice, you may want to adjust the seasonings to your own palate. To serve, place a teaspoon of the mixture on a dipping dish, add the oil and blended herbs when dipping with bread. Add additional oil until herbs on plate are consumed.

Oil Dipping Recipe

Ingredients
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, wash, pat dry leaves, then chop 
4 cloves garlic cloves, peeled and pressed through a garlic press 
1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Directions
Pour olive oil into a dipping dish. Add chopped basil leaves, crushed garlic and ground pepper.  Whisk together evenly. Serve with fresh baked warm Italian bread. Use quality ingredients for best results, especially extra virgin olive oil, fresh basil and garlic. Add additional garlic for those who are garlic lovers.

Oil Dipping with Italian Bread

Ingredients 
2 Tablespoons Cruets Gourmet Italian Bread Dipping Herbs and Spices 
Grated Parmesan cheese, to taste 
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Directions 
Place 2 T, Cruets Gourmet Italian Bread Dipping Herbs and Spices in dipping dish. Add water to cover the herbs. Let stand for 10 minutes. Drain Herbs. Pour olive oil over spices to cover. Stir to blend. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese over the herbs and spices. Serve as a dipping sauce with your favorite crusty bread. Makes 2 servings

Variation: add a drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar, add small torn pieces of fresh basil leaves

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Bread Dipping as an appetizer or companion to the meal can be a gourmet delight.

When preparing for parties, consider serving Italian bread dipping as an appetizer. Present your selection of dipping sauces with a variety of bread and fresh vegetables and let your guests enjoy. As hors d’oeuvres the bread dipping dish is an excellent choice. Or, if the occasion is more formal and you are having guests to dinner you can use your dipping sauces for all the savory elements of your meal, and you might treat your meat to a dipping sauce marinade. You can set out as many dipping sauces as you like for your guests to try. A novel idea you might like to try is to invite guests to bring a dipping sauce that each of them has created so that everyone has a chance to try a different recipe.

As long as you always have a good quality bottle of extra virgin olive oil you can create any bread dipping sauces that you like. But remember, if you are planning to make bread dipping sauces, to make sure that the quality of your olive oil is superior. If you like this dish then it is a good idea to always have a bottle of good extra virgin olive oil as one of your stock ingredients. You never know when you will want to create a fast appetizer and it makes sense to have a bottle handy.

If you are looking for a snack for yourself or your family, planning a party, or creating an appetizer for unexpected guests remember your bread dipping dishes for a fast, flavorsome, healthy alternative. It cannot be more simple or convenient and it’s bound to be one dish that you recreate many times over.

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Focaccia Artichoke Paste

1 bay leaf
2 sprigs thyme
4 peppercorns
1 cup lemon juice
1/2 tsp. salt
8 artichoke bottoms, trimmed
1 cup pitted green olives (Sicilian)
extra-virgin olive oil
1 focaccia sliced into two inch squares (sixteen squares)

In a saucepan, mix the lemon juice, salt, thyme, peppercorns, and bay leaves with two cups of water and bring to a boil. Cover and allow to boil for 15 minutes. Add the artichokes and boil for about 5 minutes or until the artichokes are tender when pierced with a fork. Drain the mixture and allow to cool. Combine together the olives and artichokes and chop them together with a knife until you have a very fine paste. Now mix in the olive oil. The result will be a soft paste. Spread the paste onto the focaccia squares and sprinkle with salt. Serve immediately.

Serves 8

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Start with some dried herbs and spices, which can usually be found at a Whole Foods store or online at Cruets.com

¼ teaspoon of each of the following:
oregano, basil, sun-dried tomatoes
½ cup of Spanish extra virgin olive oil
Ground black pepper to season
1 loaf of either Ciabatta, Focaccia or French baguette, sliced on the diagonal, about 1” thickMethod:

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Roasted garlic cloves recipe

Ingredients:

1 head garlic 
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil 

Preheat the oven to 375F.

Method:

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