Greek Tarama Dip Food

GREEK TARAMA DIP (TARAMOSALATA)

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into quarters. Add them to a cooking pot and cover them with water. Season with a bit of salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer the potatoes until completely soft and tender.
• Using a slotted spoon transfer the potatoes to your electric mixer's bowl. With the whisk attachment on, mash the potatoes, adding some of the water they've boiled in. Once you have really light and very soft mashed potatoes turn your mixer off and let the potatoes cool down to room temperature. NOTE: The mashed potatoes need to be really soft and moist, not dense. Because the dip is going to get refrigerated, therefore the potatoes will thicken even more when cooled.
• Then add the pink Tarama into a blender or food processor along with the lemon juice, and the red onion peeled and cut into smaller pieces. Blend until smooth paste forms.
• Add this paste to the mashed potatoes. And using your electric mixer with the whisk on start mixing over medium speed, to incorporate the blended Tarama paste. (you may do this in a food processor if you own a large one that can fit the mashed potatoes) Then slowly pour in the olive oil while beating, until you have incorporated it all into the dip. Place the Tarama Dip in a food container or bowl and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.
• NOTE: You can make this dip using a potato masher instead of the electric mixer. But the dip won't be as smooth and creamy.
• Place the stale bread in a bowl and pour enough water to cover the bread. Let the bread soak for about 1 hour. Then remove the bread from the bowl and squeeze it really well with your hands to remove all the water. Place it in a bowl and set it aside.
• Peel the onion and cut it into smaller pieces. Place inside a blender or food processor along with the lemon juice and white Tarama. Blend until smooth paste forms. Then incorporate the bread in bits at a time and keep blending until nice and smooth.
• Add the olive oil in slowly, while keep blending until it all gets incorporated into the dip. Then place the Tarama Dip in a bowl or food container and refrigerate for about 2 hours before serving.

TARAMOSALATA

Steps:

• Place bread in a bowl, cover with water and let sit until the bread is well soaked, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain water from the bowl and squeeze all of the excess water from the bread.
• Combine bread, olive oil, onion, and lemon juice in a food processor; process until smooth and homogeneous. Add tarama and process until well combined.

GREEK TARAMA DIP

Steps:

• Remove crust from white bread and put it in a sieve. Soak it with water and let sit. Press out the water leaving fully soaked bread mush. Using a large mortar and pestle or food processor, mix together the Tarama and onion until well combined. Add the bread and mix together. Do not over mix. Add the juice of fresh lemon and combine. Slowly incorporate the olive oil, again, just mixing until combined. Serve with fresh slices of bread.