Crudite with flavored olive oil and balsamic

Votes: 1

Time: 40 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6 - 8

Crudite is a healthy snack made with assorted vegetables that's perfectly satisfying and easy on the waistline. Serve guests a plate of sliced vegetables to snack on while they wait for the main meal, and pair them with two delicious dips: an infused olive oil with rosemary, thyme, and garlic, and a reduced balsamic vinegar with red pepper flakes. Sweet peppers, radishes, carrots, asparagus, sugar snap peas—basically, any crunchy, raw or blanched, finger-friendly vegetables—are perfect for a vegetable plate.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

1 tbsp fresh rosemary leaves
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
2 cloves of garlic
1 anchovy fillet (optional)
0.5 tsp coarse salt
0.5 cups olive oil
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp light brown sugar
A pinch of red pepper flakes
2 strips of lemon zest
2 strips of orange zest
Vegetable dipping platter, such as sugar snap peas, sweet peppers, blanched asparagus, steamed artichokes

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Coarsely chop the rosemary, thyme, garlic, and anchovies, if using, and combine them on a board. Sprinkle with salt and mash with the flat side of a knife to form a finely chopped paste. Place in a small saucepan with olive oil and heat over low heat until fragrant and sizzling, about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
In another small saucepan, heat the vinegar, sugar, red pepper flakes, and all of the zest over low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves and the vinegar comes to a boil, 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.