Dip recipes

26 dips to make from scratch

Your friends will thank you.

Ben Dearnley

Step away from the store-bought dip. Whip up your own dip from scratch, and you’ll taste the difference. Take your pick of guacamole, hummus, smoky eggplant numbers, and that addictive tonnato for your next party or picnic. Your friends will thank you.

pink plate loaded with white dip, burrata and beetroots — Photo: James Moffatt

Baby heirloom beetroot with white bean purée

Baby heirloom beetroot with white bean purée

Over the top shot of a cream-coloured eggplant dip, drizzled generously with olive oil and garnished with bright-pink diced pickled turnips and coriander leaves. — Photo: Ben Dearnley

Smoky eggplant and walnut dip

Smoky eggplant and walnut dip

Jonathan Barthelmess’s taramasalata

Jonathan Barthelmess’s taramasalata

Yoghurt dip with sesame seeds, pepitas, cumin, caraway and mint

Yoghurt dip with sesame seeds, pepitas, cumin, caraway and mint

Jacqui Challinor’s cannellini bean dip with cumin burnt butter

Jacqui Challinor’s cannellini bean dip with cumin burnt butter

Rough guacamole

Rough guacamole

Buckwheat-hemp crackers with avocado and finger lime

Buckwheat-hemp crackers with avocado and finger lime

Hummus with blistered tomatoes

Hummus with blistered tomatoes

Roasted cauliflower and tahini dip with crudités and flatbread

Roasted cauliflower and tahini dip with crudités and flatbread

Tzatziki with fresh pita

Tzatziki with fresh pita

Bagna cauda

Bagna cauda

Toum with quick za’atar flatbread and haloumi

Toum with quick za’atar flatbread and haloumi

Lobster mousse

Lobster mousse

French onion dip with cheddar biscuits

French onion dip with cheddar biscuits

Pugliese broad bean purée with boiled chicory (fave e cicoria)

Pugliese broad bean purée with boiled chicory (fave e cicoria)

Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip with pita bread

Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip with pita bread

Avocado, edamame and lemon dip

Avocado, edamame and lemon dip

Hummus bi calamari

Hummus bi calamari

Carrot and almond hummus

Carrot and almond hummus

Tonnato with asparagus

Tonnato with asparagus

Rough guacamole

Rough guacamole

Sunflower-seed dip with crudités

Sunflower-seed dip with crudités

Jaew bong

Jaew bong

Smoked trout pâté

Smoked trout pâté

Pea and mint dip with labne and radishes

Pea and mint dip with labne and radishes

Hummus with radishes and paprika

Hummus with radishes and paprika

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