Your Shabbat table is a royal event. Treat it like one. Here's my ultimate game plan for flawless challah dips.

Quick answer

Serve a cold, bone-dry Sauvignon Blanc with challah dips. My pick is Anthony Girard's L'Indiscrète Sancerre: its high acidity slices through olive oil and tahini, so every bite tastes fresh.

What's missing? Cold Sancerre. Specifically, Anthony Girard's L'Indiscrète Sancerre.

As a WSET Diploma candidate, I look for actual structure in my pairings. Here's the formal breakdown.

What wine goes with challah dips?

The pairing

Five challah dips&Anthony Girard L'Indiscrète Sancerre

When you eat heavy olive oil and rich tahini, your mouth gets tired. The high acid in this Sauvignon Blanc acts like a blade. It completely cuts the fat and resets your palate for the next bite.

Anne holding a bottle of Anthony Girard L'Indiscrète Sancerre 2023, front label

Tasting notes

2023 · Sancerre, Loire Valley, France

  • Kosher OU
  • Mevushal No
  • Passover Kosher for Passover
Look
Pale lemon with bright green hues
Nose
Pronounced (wine-speak for intense): white peach, bright grapefruit, and a cool, smoky flint
Taste
Bone dry, with a piercing mineral crunch and a long finish
  • Sweetnesshow sugary it tastesDry
  • Aciditymouth-watering freshnessZingy
  • Bodyweight on the tongueMedium
  • Finishhow long the flavor lingersLong

Verdict Drink now

Watch the reel

Anne in her kitchen holding challah above five bowls of dips and a bottle of Sancerre, with the title Techumba

Watch the full reel on Instagram @oyveyrose.

In the kitchen

Creamy tahini and chickpea dip swirled with olive oil and dusted with sumac in a blue bowl

How to Make Five Challah Dips

  • Makes 5 dips
  • Total About 20 min
  • Pareve

1. Garlic Basil Pesto

Fresh and bright.

Ingredients

  • Fresh basil
  • Garlic
  • Pine nuts
  • Lemon
  • A heavy pour of good olive oil

Method

  1. Blend everything together.

2. Techumba

It is so good.

Ingredients

  • Chickpeas
  • Raw tahini
  • Amba (tangy pickled-mango sauce)
  • Lemon
  • Ice water

Method

  1. Blend the chickpeas, tahini, amba, and lemon.
  2. Blend in the ice water. It whips the dip into pure velvet.

3. Matbucha with a Touch of Heat

The slow-cooked tomato and pepper dip. Skip the hours of cooking.

Ingredients

  • Diced tomatoes
  • Fresh garlic
  • 1 jalapeño
  • Olive oil

Method

  1. Simmer the tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeño in olive oil for 10 minutes, until it all melts together.

4. Super Creamy Avocado Dip

Keep it clean. Pure and bright.

Ingredients

  • Ripe avocado
  • Lime juice
  • A drop of olive oil
  • Kosher salt

Method

  1. Mix everything until super creamy.

5. Smoky Garlic

Bold and smoky.

Ingredients

  • Roasted sweet garlic
  • 1 charred roasted jalapeño
  • Fresh greens

Method

  1. Blend the garlic, jalapeño, and greens together.

More for your Shabbat table: kosher meat samsa from Tashkent and one-pan pepper chicken with a cold unoaked Chardonnay.

Mouth-watering.

Unreal.

L'Chaim!