Taste of Tuscany - Bread Dip Mix

When at your favorite Italian restaurant, you know that little dish of seasoned olive oil that hits the table with warm bread and somehow disappears before anybody even looks at the menu? Now you can make it at home. Taste of Tuscany, Bread Dip Mix combines plenty of garlic with rosemary, basil, oregano, parsley, onion, black pepper, and a touch of red pepper to turn good olive oil and a loaf of crusty bread into an appetizer folks will hover around. Just mix it with your favorite olive oil, give those herbs a little time to mingle, then start tearing off hunks of ciabatta, focaccia, pane pugliese, or whatever loaf followed you home from the bakery. The flavor starts savory and garlicky, rolls into fragrant Italian herbs, then finishes with just a whisper of peppery warmth. Grab a bottle of Taste of Tuscany from Tradition Spice Company, pour the olive oil, tear the bread, and see how fast everybody finds their way to the table.

And once you've scraped the last bit of seasoned oil from the dish, don't put the bottle away. Taste of Tuscany makes a mighty fine vinaigrette for a big garden salad and brings garlic and herbs to marinades for grilled chicken, pork chops, or fish. Sprinkle it over roasted vegetables and potatoes, season chicken before it hits the oven, or let it lend some Tuscan personality to pasta night. That's what makes this more than a one-trick bread dip mix. Tradition Spice Company packs its herbs, spices, and seasonings with the aroma and flavor good home cooking deserves, and this blend puts that quality to work whether you're setting out a simple appetizer for two or feeding a whole table of hungry company. Keep Taste of Tuscany in the pantry and you've always got a good excuse to open the olive oil, warm some bread, and make an ordinary supper feel like an occasion.