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Red Wine Bagna Cauda with Crudités

  • ACTIVE: 15 MIN
  • TOTAL TIME: 35 MIN
  • SERVINGS: makes about 3 cups

This garnet sauce is Chris Cosentino's take on the classic Piedmontese anchovy-and-olive-oil dip, enriched here with red wine. Italian for "hot bath," bagna cauda is served warm with crudités. This version, with both oil-packed and marinated anchovies, doubles as a terrific sauce for grilled meat.

Our Pairing Suggestion

The richness of the olive oil in bagna cauda makes it ideal with tannic red wines—especially when the dip is made with a Piedmontese Nebbiolo, as in Cosentino's version.

Recipe: Red Wine Bagna Cauda with Crudités

  • FAST
  • HEALTHY
  • MAKE-AHEAD

Ingredients

  1. One 750-milliliter bottle dry red wine, such as Nebbiolo
  2. 1/4 cup marinated white anchovy fillets, drained and chopped
  3. 4 oil-packed anchovy fillets, drained and chopped
  4. 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  5. Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
  6. 1 1/2 cups extra-virgin olive oil
  7. Salt and freshly ground pepper
  8. Assorted crudités, such as baby carrots, radishes, fennel and bell peppers, for serving
  1. In a large saucepan, boil the wine over high heat until reduced to 1 cup, about 20 minutes. Let cool.
  2. In a blender, combine the reduced wine with the anchovies, garlic, lemon zest and lemon juice and blend until smooth. With the machine on, add the olive oil in a thin stream. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Transfer the bagna cauda to a medium saucepan and rewarm over low heat. Pour into a serving bowl and serve with the crudités alongside.
Make Ahead The bagna cauda can be prepared through Step 2 and refrigerated overnight. Reheat gently.
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