White Bean & Garlic Toasts Gelson's

Ingredients

• 2 cups dry cannellini beans, rinsed and picked through
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 yellow onion, peeled and quartered
• 12 large garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 Gelson’s organic fresh rosemary sprig
• 3 Gelson’s organic fresh thyme sprigs
• 1 serrano pepper, sliced thin and seeded
• ¾ cups plus 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
• 2 anchovy filets in olive oil, rough chopped (optional)
• 6 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice, divided
• Kosher salt, to taste
• Freshly ground Gelson’s black pepper, to taste
• ½ cup Gelson’s organic fresh dill fronds, rough chopped
• ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 8 1”-thick slices sourdough bread