Roasted Garlic-Sweet Pea Spread

Ingredients

• 10 servings round buttery crackers assorted
• 0.3 cup basil fresh chopped
• 1  garlic bulb 
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt 
• 2 tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
• 0.3 cup olive oil 
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 2 cups blanched peas fresh sweet
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper freshly ground
• 0.5 cup ricotta cheese 

Equipment

• food processor
• bowl
• oven
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 42
2. Cut off pointed end of garlic bulb; place garlic bulb on a piece of aluminum foil, and drizzle with 1 Tbsp. olive oil. Fold foil to seal.
3. Bake 30 minutes; let cool 10 minutes. Process blanched peas in a food processor until smooth. Squeeze pulp from roasted garlic bulb into food processor bowl with peas; add ricotta cheese, basil, and lemon juice. Process until smooth. With processor running, pour 1/4 cup olive oil through food chute in a slow, steady stream, processing until smooth. Stir in kosher salt and freshly ground pepper.
4. Serve with crackers.
5. How to Blanch Peas: Cook desired amount of fresh sweet peas, snow peas, or sugar snap peas in boiling salted water to cover 1 to 3 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Plunge into ice-cold water to stop the cooking process; drain.