This dish is light and fluffy like a pile of food snow. The object is to bleed red and green sauce all over it. Because it’s a stack with essentially 3 levels (all white) we’re calling it a napoleon, which more or less means a cute little stack of nutrition you’re about to eat.
Below are the instructions for whipping up the red and green oils (do them first) and then the white bean hummus and finally how to construct your tower. If you can think of a way to pin an angel or a star on top, go for it.
Bright Basil Vinaigrette
2 cups basil leaves
1/2 extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbs. white wine vinegar
1 Tbs. apple cider vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
1. Heat a pot of salted water to a boil. Prepare a bowl of ice water. Dunk your basil leaves in the boiling water for less than 10 seconds. Immediately cool in ice bath. And set aside.
2. Add all other ingredients and pulse in a food processor until consistent.
Roasted Red Bell Oil
3 large red bell peppers
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 Tsp. smoked paprika
salt and pepper to taste
1. Roast your bell peppers by placing directly on the stove top under high heat. Char each side and flip. Prepare a bowl of ice water. When peppers are scorched lightly on all sides (black burns covering half the pepper at least) toss them in the ice bath and cool. Gently remove charred skin. Remove pepper tops and seeds.
2. Add all other ingredients and pulse in a food processor until consistent.
White Hummus
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic
1 can cannelloni or white kidney beans, drained
2 Tbs. water
2 Tbs. tahini paste
2 Tbs. smoked paprika
1. Heat a large saucepan on high heat. Add half the oil, garlic and beans. Sauté for 3 or 4 minutes and toss the mixture in your food processor. Pulse thoroughly while adding the other half of the oil., then the water, tahini and spices.
White X-mas Napoleon
2 pieces of bread
1 ball buffalo mozzarella
1 can hearts of palm
Cannellini Hummus
Red and green sauces
1. Cut off the crusts of the bread. Slice two pieces of mozzarella and top. Stick toasts in the oven for 3-5 minutes on broil. Remove once melty.
2. Drain and wash hearts of palm. Slice in half lengthwise.
3. Build a napoleon stack, starting with cheese toast. Lay 3 or 4 hearts of palm on top in parallel rows. Then a large dollop of cannelloni hummus. Finally squirt both sauces around the plate evenly.
Beverage: Caparone Sangiovese
Soundtrack: Merry Christmas Charlie Brown Soundtrack
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