first time I try this khttps://thatlowcarblife.com/keto-spinach-artichoke-dip/eto spinach artichoke dip na for a client wey dey do birthday for her husband. she say make I bring something low carb. i say okay no problem. i go come.
that day I rush am. i no squeeze spinach. I no drain artichoke. i just pour everything inside bowl mix mix bake. when I pull am from oven? bubby water dey flow like river. I want cry. the woman just look me. she no talk anything. she just use spoon scoop and the thing dey drip. God abeg.
so after that day i go my kitchen I lock door I say I must master this thing.
now this na wetin i dey do. and I swear on my wooden spoon wey don follow me for ten years – this one no go fail you.
first oven. 375. turn am on before anything. if you forget like me you go stand there with cold oven and your hand full of cheese. don’t be me.
second butter. two tablespoons. put for pan. fire make e be medium. no be high. high go kill the garlic.
garlic. three cloves. take knife flat side smash am. you hear pop? that’s the skin. remove am. then chop chop. no need to chop like doctor. rough rough is fine. because e go cook down.
put garlic for butter. stir. one minute. when you smell am – that strong smell wey go enter your nose – that time e ready. if e turn brown, bubby throw am away. start again. brown garlic na enemy.
third spinach. this one na where people dey fall.
if you get fresh spinach – just two cups, grab handful – throw for pan. e go shrink. two minutes e done.
if you get frozen spinach – first you must thaw am. then. bubby listen to me now. take handful. squeeze am for sink. water go run. squeeze again. squeeze until your hand pain you. until nothing dey come out again. because frozen spinach na like water balloon. no squeeze? your dip go be water. i don tell you.
put the squeezed spinach for pan with garlic. stir. look the pan. any water dey bottom? pour am out. use spoon hold the spinach and tip the pan. throw that water away. i serious.
take pan off fire. make e cool small. no need to wait one hour. just make e no too hot.
fourth get bowl. put cream cheese. one block. the one wey dey inside carton. full fat. no be the tub. tub get air. tub get gum. tub go lie to you. use block.
add mayonnaise. quarter cup. any brand. but if you see “miracle whip” run. that one dey sweet sweet. no good here.
use fork mash everything. e go be lumpy. keep mashing. small lumps fine. we no dey bake cake.
add mozzarella. one cup. the one wey dey bag. shredded. no be the fresh one wey dey water. that wet one go add water to your dip. you no want water.
add parmesan. half cup. green bottle fine. i use am.
mix am. gentle. no beat am.
fifth artichoke. open can. pour out the water. then put the artichoke for paper towel. another paper towel on top. press. squeeze small. chop am. no chop too fine. make people see am.
sixth put spinach and artichoke for the bowl. add salt. small. add pepper. small. if you want heat add chili flakes. quarter teaspoon. i no dey add because keto people get different wahala.
fold am. no stir. fold. like you dey turn pillow. until everything mix.
look am. if e look oily like oil dey separate – put the bowl for fridge five minutes. i don do this before. e work.
seventh grease your baking dish. rub butter with your finger. i use my finger because i no get time.
pour the mixture inside. spread am.
eighth bake. 15 to 18 minutes. watch am. when edges dey bubble and top turn golden brown, e don do.
if you want dark top – the burnt cheese wey everybody dey fight for – turn broiler for one or two minutes. but bubby watch am well well. broiler no dey play. one second perfect. next second your kitchen dey smoke. i don burn three batches.
ninth take am out. leave am for five minutes. i know you hungry. i know you want dip your chip. but wait. let am set. if you rush am e go run. go cut celery or cucumber. by the time you come back e don ready.
tenth chop. enjoy. dip your celery. dip your pork rind. dip your finger i no care.
mistakes wey i don make so that you no go make am
one time i use low-fat cream cheese. the dip come out like sand. my friend say “chef wetin happen?” i say “na new style.” she no believe me.
another time i no drain artichoke at all. just pour everything. the dip turn to water. i tell everybody say na “soup dip” but inside i want cry.
and one time i leave am for oven for 25 minutes because my phone ring. the top turn black. the inside dry like biscuit. i scrape off the top and serve the bottom. people still chop am but their face no fresh.
if you want make am ahead – for party tomorrow – mix everything but no bake. cover am. put for fridge. next day bake am. add five minutes because e cold.
leftover put for container. fridge. four days. reheat for oven 350 ten minutes. microwave works but stir am every thirty seconds. if you microwave two minutes straight the oil go separate and e go look like disaster. still taste nice but no be pretty.
freezer yes. but only if you must. thaw for fridge overnight. the texture go change small small but e still dey okay. i don freeze am before.
wetin you fit use dip
celery. cucumber. bell pepper. pork rinds. zucchini chips if you get patience.
if you dey serve non-keto people – your friends wey like bread – put pita chips or tortilla chips. they go finish your dip and ask for more. i don see am before.
how much
about eight dollars. feed six to eight people if they no too hungry. feed four people if they hungry.
i dey charge my catering client four dollars per person. my own cost one dollar twenty. that one na good profit.
last last
if your own still turn to water? you no squeeze spinach well well. that one na your wahala. no be my wahala.
now go make noise for your kitchen. and abeg no burn the garlic.
