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Smoky Paprika White Bean Spread with Peppers

A silky, garlicky white bean spread warmed with smoked paprika and cumin, scooped up with cool, crunchy bell pepper strips.

Smoky Paprika White Bean Spread with Peppers

Ingredients

  • 1⅔ cups300 gGreat northern or cannellini beans, canned, drained and rinsed
  • 2 tbsp25 gOlive oil
  • ½ lemon, juiced25 gLemon juice
  • 2 cloves6 gGarlicpeeled
  • 2½ tsp6 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cumin
  • ¼ tsp1.5 gSalt
  • 2½ tbsp40 gWatercold
  • 1½ tbsp chopped6 gFresh parsleyfinely chopped
  • 2 medium240 gRed bell pepperseeded and cut into strips
  • 2 medium240 gGreen bell pepperseeded and cut into strips

Steps

  1. Seed the red bell pepper and green bell pepper, cut them into strips and set aside on a platter.
  2. Put the great northern beans, the garlic, the lemon juice, the cumin, the salt and five-sixths of the smoked paprika in a blender.
  3. Add three-quarters of the olive oil and the cold water, then blend until very smooth, about 1 minute, scraping down the sides once.
  4. Spoon the spread into a shallow bowl and swirl the top with the back of a spoon.
  5. Drizzle the remaining quarter of the olive oil over the spread, then dust with the remaining sixth of the smoked paprika and scatter the parsley on top.
  6. Serve the spread with the red and green bell pepper strips for dipping.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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