Classic Artichoke Dip Is a No-Fail Appetizer

April 25, 2009

For entertaining, I'm a huge fan of dips. They can be assembled before the event, easily feed a crowd, and are always popular. Take artichoke dip, for example; even though I've had it a million times, I never get sick of it!

While there are many variations, this simple recipe is what I use when I want a comforting and traditional dip. Marinated artichoke hearts, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, and jalapenos are a few of the ingredients that go into this scrumptious dip.

To make it, all you have to do is dump the components into a bowl, stir to combine, and bake. The recipe calls for pita chips, but I've served it with crostini, carrot sticks, tortilla chips, and crackers — it basically goes with everything! For the recipe, read more.

From Bon Appétit

Artichoke Dip

Ingredients

2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
1/3 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
3 6-ounce jars marinated artichoke hearts, drained, coarsely chopped
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese (about 2 1/2 ounces)
3 green onions, finely chopped
2 teaspoons minced seeded jalapeño chili
6 6-inch pita rounds, each cut into 6 triangles
Olive oil

Directions

Using electric mixer, beat first 8 ingredients in large bowl to blend.
Fold in artichokes, mozzarella cheese, green onions and jalapeño. Transfer to 11x7x2-inch glass baking dish. Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place pita triangles in single layer on baking sheet.
Brush with oil. Sprinkle with salt. Bake until crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Maintain oven temperature.
Bake dip until bubbling and brown on top, about 20 minutes. Serve hot dip with pita chips.

Serves 8.

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5 Comments

aimeeb 4 years 3 weeks

Never been a fan of this.

kiwitwist 4 years 4 weeks

YUMMY!! I love this dip.

Sarahrob 4 years 4 weeks

I have a no fail, simple simple recipe, for a very similar for spinach artichoke dip. Take a block of cream cheese, mix with marinated artichoke hearts (eyeball it, and I like to dice them up because the leaves are quite large and it tastes a lot smoother if they are in smaller pieces), a handful of thawed spinach (again, eyeball it, so that it looks uniform when you stir it up, basically so that the consistency doesn't have too much white nor too much green), then mix in either grated asiago or Parmesan cheese (you can just buy this in a tub already grated), then cover the mixture in the same cheese (or different, whichever you prefer) and bake it until the cheese is bubbly and brown, and you can stick a knife in the middle and the knife is hot to the touch. This can be frozen or refrigerated and reheated, it is enough for a large party, and you can serve it with anything you like-crackers, breads, vegetables, whatever your heart desires!! Simple, quick and always a pleaser!!