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.

Stir together olive oil, basil, parsley, garlic, thyme, oregano, black pepper, rosemary, salt, red pepper, and lemon juice in a bowl. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the surface of the oil mixture.

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Bread is the solution and there is a method – there's even a word for it: scarpetta. Scarpetta means “l*ttle shoe” in Italian.

We've all been to those Italian restaurants where they serve you fresh bread alongside an olive oil bread dip right? The bread oil becomes the star of the night and you can't stop eating it! Well, the good news is that it's so easy to make at home and it's also super customizable too.

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.

Is olive oil better than butter on toast? Olive oil is lower in saturated fat, has more antioxidants and has a unique flavor that can't be beaten, so yes, we'd say olive oil is better on toast than its dairy counterpart.

Best Bread for Dipping

These are my favorites: Focaccia. Italian bread (loaf) Sourdough bread.

Why does my homemade bread dip in the middle? ›

Two possibilities: Your dough overproofed, or. the oven wasn't hot enough.

Salmon Bruschetta at Olive Garden. It's a battle for market share, one that seems squarely aimed at luring in those fickle Millennials or that subsequent group widely called Generation Z. Carrabba's, owned by Bloomin' Brands, and Olive Garden, owned by Darden Restaurants, seem in a race to reinvent themselves.

So, if your options are Olive Garden and Carrabba's Italian Grill and you're solely looking for the cheaper choice, head to Carrabba's.

The bread at Carrabba's is white bread, and so this recipe uses white flour, and yes… Crisco.

Yes. In southern regions (Campania and Sicily in particular) it is a traditional breakfast or snack: warm bread dipped in extra virgin olive oil and salt. If you go to almost any Italian restaurant, they just serve olive oil with your bread, and not butter.

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.

Yes we do. Not always, but we do eat a bit of bread with pasta. Mostly, when we've finished pasta, we dip the bread into what's left of the pasta's condiment/sauce and eat it (This action has even it's own expression in Italian: it's called “fare scarpetta col pane” - “scarpetta” means “l*ttle shoe”).