Salsa Verde - Traditional Italian Salsa Dip Recipe

Dip recipes vary and you can make hot, chilled, or warm dips. Salsa verde is a traditional Italian dip recipe containing parsley, capers, garlic, olive oil and more. Parsley is a great source of vitamins A and C, as well as heart-friendly folic acid. Good parsley is crisp, fresh, and dark green. You can grow it easily and then you can chop it up and keep it in freezer bags in the freezer.
This is a healthy chilled appetizer recipe. The ingredients for Verde Sauce were chopped by hand in the old days but of course it is simpler to use a food processor or blender now and it certainly saves time. For a chunkier salsa, just pulse the mixture a few times in the machine.

Verde Sauce Recipe

The basic recipe for salsa verde is thought to be two thousand years old and it was brought to Italy by Roman legionnaires, and then the recipe made its way to Germany and France. Mediterranean herbs were not available in Germany at that time so the German version of salsa verde often contains baby spinach, chives, and celery leaves. You can serve dip recipes like salsa verde with meat, poultry, fish, or vegetables because the flavor goes with a lot of different things.

Verde Sauce Ingredients

1 cup fresh mint
1 cup fresh basil
1 cup fresh Italian parsley
4 anchovies
½ cup red wine vinegar
2 cups extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon capers
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Salsa Verde Preparation

Put all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and puree the mixture until it is smooth.
Refrigerate for at least an hour, then serve chilled.

(Serves 10)

Verde Sauce Traditional Italian Recipe

Dip recipes are often colorful because it makes them look appealing and it makes people want to dip foods in them. This salsa verde can be a dip recipe or it can be a sauce, which people will eat with other foods. Salsa verde is a cold appetizer recipe, which you can serve with anything. Even bread or crackers are delicious if you serve them with this kind of dipping sauce. As with most dip recipes, it is a good idea to provide spoons and napkins to avoid mess.