4 root roasted dip Recipes

head of garlic, with firm , plump cloves, extra virgin olive oil, salt & freshly ground black pepper, ricotta cheese, freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, sour cream, assorted root vegetables , such as carrots, parsnips, beets, lotus roots, and taro, vegetable shortening or oil, for deep-frying

roasted red peppers, undrained, garlic cloves, minced, jalapeno pepper, diced, mushrooms, diced, grated ginger root, dijon mustard, table salt , or to taste, black pepper , or to taste, yellow pepper, diced, basil, fresh, chopped

fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, vegetable oil, stalks lemongrass , outer leaves and tops removed, root ends trimmed, and stalks finely grated, shallot, finely chopped, garlic, finely chopped, pork tenderloin, thinly sliced, bamboo skewers, soaked for 20 minutes and drained, recipe rice vermicelli : bun thit, recipe follows, chopped unsalted roasted peanuts, nuoc cham , as needed, recipe follows, fish dipping sauce : nuoc cham, recipe courtesy corinne trang , authentic vietnamese cooking, simon & schuster, 1999, sugar, water, fish sauce, lime or lemon juice, garlic, minced, more bird s eye or thai chiles, seeded and minced, shallot, peeled, thinly sliced, and rinsed (optional)