Copycat Carrabba's Bread with Dipping Sauce {secret recipe} (2024)

FAQs

What is Carrabba's bread dip made of? ›

Carrabba's Bread Dip recipe – the real thing! Recipe straight from Carrabba's Italian Grill. Parsley, basil, rosemary, oregano, garlic, red pepper flakes, kosher salt, black pepper, and olive oil. Can make the spice mixture in advance and store it in an airtight container until ready to serve.

Best for Dipping: Filippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil

It's robust, it's complex, and it pairs flawlessly with other intense flavors like Parmesan cheese, herbs and red pepper flakes. Bread is obviously amazing on its own, but when dipped in this bad boy, be prepared to drool.

Yes, it's very common to dip bread in olive oil in Italy. Olive oil is added to the table to add to dishes such as soup or to use for dipping. In many places, the olive oil is made and sold in restaurants.

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In Italy, scarpetta means sopping up all the sauce left on your plate (or in the pot) with bread.

Focaccia. Italian bread (loaf)

Bread…. I mean you can't have an olive oil dip for bread, without a loaf of bread 🙂 For me, the best bread to serve it with is Italian bread such as focaccia to keep the Italian theme. You can of course use other bread such as a french baguette, ciabatta, sourdough bread or even crunchy crostini would be amazing!

It's an Italian food rule that you don't dip bread in olive oil (swirl of balsamic vinegar optional). If you ever go to Italy, you'll notice they don't put olive oil at the table when they serve you bread, typically before the appetizer comes out but also sometimes with your main meal.

Best Oils for Baking

Choosing vegetable oil is the best option for baking moist, delicious baked goods. Canola oil, the most common vegetable oil used in baking, doesn't add a strong flavor. It allows your cake's flavor will shine through while still achieving a moist texture.

Italians don't slather their bread with butter, nor dip it in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. They enjoy it with a light drizzle of olive oil or plain.

Do Italians mix olive oil and vinegar? ›

Do Italians dip bread in olive oil and vinegar? - Quora. Not really. The combination of olive oil and vinegar is often used in salads (and is ever present on dining tables and restaurants).

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Piadina or piada is an ancient Italian flatbread made with just a few ingredients: flour, water or milk, olive oil or lard, salt, and sometimes baking soda. This recipe adds sourdough starter to the mix to add the flavors of fermented flour and water, and the option to ferment the entire dough.

It's made using just a few simple ingredients—eggs, cream cheese, and cream of tartar—but when mixed up in just the right way and baked in a low heat oven, you get pillowy, bread-like rounds that are gluten-free and keto-friendly.

Italians don't slather their bread with butter, nor dip it in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. They enjoy it with a light drizzle of olive oil or plain.

Staying true to the culinary roots and values of the founders, Johnny Carrabba and Damien Mandola, Carrabba's serves authentic Italian cuisine that combines family recipes passed down through generations, with innovative dishes inspired by fresh, seasonal ingredients.