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  • Joyce's 7 Layer Dip - Perfect for Drinks Party - Gluten Free as well

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    Joyce's 7 Layer Dip - Perfect for Drinks Party - Gluten Free as well
    Publisher of So So Simple Food
    by Gilli Wrightson
    184 recipes
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    Ingredients

    • 1 tin refried Beans
    • Guacamole, your favourite recipe
    • Salsa… Spicy is good. Any good brand
    • Grated Tasty Cheese
    • Fresh Tomatoes, finely chopped, seasoned with S & P
    • Sour Cream flavoured with Taco seasoning
    • Spring onions and Coriander, chopped Handful of each
    • This time, I changed a couple of things,
    • I made my own Salsa
    • 1 punnet of cherry tomatoes, finely chopped
    • 3 spring onions, finely chopped
    • 1 cob fresh sweet corn, Pop in Microwave for 3 minutes
    • Slice the kernels off
    • Add to onions and tomatoes
    • 1 red pepper finely chopped
    • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander
    • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
    • A little olive oil
    • Mix well
    • I could only buy ready made Guacamole
    • Not as good as homemade unfortunately
    • To improve it… I mixed it in with the salsa, which also helped the salsa to stick together
    • So 2 layers became 1!
    • In fact the Dip this time, was only 5 layers, but still tasted pretty good
    • To assemble this particular version
    • Find a nice flat dish about 4 cms (1 1/2 inch) deep
    • Cover the bottom with the refried beans
    • Cover with Salsa
    • The Grated Cheese
    • Mix the Sour Cream with 3-4 tablespoons of La Morena Taco seasoning
    • Spread the sour cream over the grated cheese

    Directions

    In the early 80’s, ...our friend Joyce Baker, (pictured below, on the right)... note the 80's hair styles... from California, came to stay with us here in Auckland

    In those days, New Zealand was a bit behind the eight ball, with current food trends.

    We decided to have a party while Joyce was here, (as we did), Tex Mex Food was beginning to

    rear it’s head. Up till then, I could make a good chili.

    Gilli’s Chili, it got called in fact.

    I’ll post it one day, still like it...however, we weren't really together, with some of the real flavours of Mexico.

    On this particular visit, Joyce introduced us to the Famous 7 Layer Dip

    Joyce was amazed that we didn't have Cilantro here

    Of course, that was a language problem

    You couldn’t google it then

    We finally worked out that Cilantro, in American English,

    was, in New Zealand English…Coriander

    Plus, I don't think we could get refried beans

    So I think we just squashed up some red kidney beans, with some garlic

    But now, all of these ingredients are readily available

    We were very impressed with this dip and have been making it since

    In fact, I selfishly, didn't pass on the recipe, to anyone but our family

    Don't know why I did because as it turns out, it came from

    a Californian Food magazine and is widely known in the States

    So anyone can find it and make it

    But we prefer to call it Joyce’s 7 Layer Dip

    Very Simple

    For the basic recipe of 7 layers

    You need

    Top with the chopped herbs

    Best to make a few hours in advance for the flavours to meld

    Serve with Taco Chips

    Excellent

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