This is an extremely delicious beetroot dip that is super easy to prepare and is a crowd-pleaser. The bright beetroot dip can be made as a tasty and healthy appetizer for either home-parties or just your family, especially if you serve it with lots of homemade coriander crackers. Appetizer made from scratch adds a special touch to any kind of gathering. 🙂 It’s also a healthy snack anytime – just spread it over toasted bread, or use it as a wrap filling.
You can make the dip even without cheese, but I like it this way more. Also try to add feta or other soft white cheese instead of cream-cheese, walnuts is a another good substitute for pine nuts.
Beetroot dip with coriander crackers
Keep covered in the fridge up to 3 days.
Beetroot dip
Ingredients
150g cooked beetroot (boiled or roasted), chopped
1 small garlic clove, minced
1/2-1 tsp cumin, crushed
1 tbsp EV olive oil
2 tbsp Philadelphia cheese
1 tbsp parmesan, finely grated, optional
1 tbsp pine nuts, lightly roasted
sea salt, freshly ground pepper, to taste
- Put all ingredients, except the pine nuts, in a small bowl of blender and blitz until smooth. Season to taste, add pine nuts and pulse a couple of times to keep some nuts pieces; if you like more smooth-pulse again.
- Garnish with pine nuts and some grated parmesan, if desired. Serve with crackers or toasted bread.
Coriander crackers {Make approx 18 crackers}
Ingredients
130g plain flour+some for kneading and rolling
1/3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp fine salt (want less salty, add less salt)
some freshly ground white pepper
1 tsp whole coriander seeds, crushed or ground
1/2 tsp cumin seeds, ground
40 ml EV olive oil
40 ml water+1/2 tsp white sugar
- In a mixing bowl, combine flour, b.powder, salt and all spices. Mix in olive oil.
- Dissolve sugar in water and pour into dough, knead the dough. Cover with plastic wrap and keep to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.
- On a lughtly dusted surface, roll the dough (approx 3-4 mm thick) and cut into 5×5 cm squares.
- Transfer to a lined baking sheet and bake in preheated 190C oven for 15 minutes or until golden-brown.
- Cool&Enjoy!
milkandbun 
Wonderful Mila, delicious and that dip is so beautiful!!
Thank you! 🙂
This is beautiful! I have no doubt it tastes great too! 👍👏👍👏
Thank you, Natascha! 🙂
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Such healthy snacks! Love the color of the dip! Would have liked to try the coriander crackers. Saving the recipe. Happy FF!
Homemade crackers are always nice, and do not contain any chemicals. 🙂
What a beautiful colour! Must be good with the coriander crackers!
Thank you, Rotwein! Crackers are good with any other dip or cheese as well 🙂
Looks incredible! Love that color!
Thanks a lot for liking and visiting!
Nice, Mila! Btw, remember we talked about co-hosting Fiesta Friday? You promised! 😀 Just tell me what week is good. XOXO
Hi Angie! No worries, I do remember and I’m glad to help you 😀 and I’m ready this Friday or next 🙂
Okay, this Friday then, FF104. Thanks! I’ll let you know who your partner is.
Such beautiful color and wonderful combination with the crackers.
Thank you Ronit! I love beetroot, and it’s so interesting to experiment with it 🙂
A great idea. Wonderful way to have beet!
Great combinations!
Thank you Hilda!! 🙂
This is such a gorgeous dip!
Thanks a lot, Freda!
This dip looks tasty & healthy. Happy FF!
And you know what, the dip tastes so good indeed and of course it’s a healthy one 🙂 Thanks for stopped by!
Oh wow, this is just beautiful! The color of that dip is amazing!
Thanks for your warm words! Its attractive color calling you to make it! 🙂
Wow love the idea of adding cheese to the beetroot – I’ll have to give that a go next time I’m making beetroot dip…
The dip becomes more creamy with cheese 🙂
And thank for liking! I’m always glad to read your comments, Laura! 🙂
What an incredible colour! It brightens up any winter day.
Absolute agree! 🙂 Hope you will make it soon , it tastes nice as it looks 🙂
Your photos are stunning. That beetroot dip is so vibrant and looks so delicious. Happy FF103, Mila. 🙂
Thanks Jhuls! You might know how I like FF parties and this lovely dip is good to eat and talk around it 😀
I am totally making this. Thanks for sharing on Fiesta Friday!
I’m so glad to hear that! You can omit nuts, beetroot+cheese is already awesome dip! 🙂
This is insanely beautiful. I spend time every day online looking for recipes, and I think this is hands down the most gorgeous looking thing I’ve seen in a while! Pinned!
Hi there! You made my day! 🙂 Thanks a lot for your words!
Have you searched dip recipes only? I have some other recipes here and photos, that I do really love 😀
Another dip (bell pepper hummus) here:
https://milkandbun.com/2015/06/30/arabic-mezze/
This one
https://milkandbun.com/2015/04/04/citrusy-scampi-with-fennel-salad/
And this dessert
https://milkandbun.com/2015/03/10/pearblackberry-tart/
And actually there are some more 😀
You can click “Recipe Index” and have a look there as well.
Thanks once again for visiting! hope to see you again!
Cheers
Mila
Perfect combination Mila, just gorgeous! 🙂
Thank you so much!!! 🙂
This is just a fabulous share Mila!!
I love both the dip and yeh crackers. Saving your recipe for trying out.
Absokitejy gorgeous color of the dip..wow..nutty and delicious. Those crackers are oozing with flavors!!
Sonal
Hi Sonal! It’s a pleasure to read your kind comment! You can use any other dip or spread with these crackers. And better to make double quantity of crackers, mine gone so fast! 😀
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Loved the colour and looks very delicious.
This dip is very tasty indeed! Thanks for liking, Gloria!
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Yay I am now following you on IG, FB, and Pinterest. 🙂
would it be russian if there was no beetroot? 🙂