Chef John's Bagna Cauda

Name: Chef John's Bagna Cauda
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 6 cloves garlic, roughly chopped, or more to taste; 1 pinch kosher salt; 6 anchovy fillets; 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 3 tablespoons butter; 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar; 1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste

⏱️ Ready in 25 min 🥄 Prep 15 min 🔥 Cook 10 min 👥 16 servings 👁️ 30 views

If there were ever a recipe to tweak to your own tastes, it's this one. You can adjust the amounts of garlic and anchovy, as well as the proportion of olive oil to butter. You can also control how long you cook the mixture before it's presented. I hear from my friends in Northern Italy that they use twice as much anchovy and garlic as I did. Serve in a small chafing dish or fondue pot with crusty bread, roasted carrots, blanched asparagus, endive, red peppers, and/or roasted potatoes.

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📊 At a Glance

Prep 15 min

Cook 10 min

Serves 16

Difficulty Medium

🛒 Ingredients

6 cloves garlic, roughly chopped, or more to taste

1 pinch kosher salt

6 anchovy fillets

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoons red wine vinegar

1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 16

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 87

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 9.3g 12%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 96mg 4%

Total Carbohydrate 0.5g 0%

Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

Total Sugars 0g

Protein 0.5g 1%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Grind garlic and salt together with a mortar and pestle.

Add anchovies; grind with mortar and pestle until a coarse paste forms.

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.

Whisk butter into oil until butter melts and foams, about 30 seconds.

Reduce heat to low and stir garlic-anchovy mixture into oil mixture; cook and stir until flavors blend and mixture is hot, about 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir red wine vinegar and red pepper flakes into oil mixture.