Houmous

  • Portion size: Serves 6
  • Ready in 15 minutes
  • Difficulty: easy

Homemade houmous (or sometimes hummus) is much better than shop bought and extremely quick and easy to make. Try adding different flavours like pesto or roasted peppers.

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Ingredients

  • 400g tin of chickpeas
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1½ tbsp tahini paste (available in most supermarkets)
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 tbsp hot water
  • Sweet paprika to dust
  • 150ml olive oil, plus extra for drizzling on top
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Method

  1. Pulse a drained tin of chickpeas in a food processor, together with the garlic clove, tahini paste and lemon juice.
  2. With the processor running, stream in the olive oil and hot water until you have a smooth paste. Season to taste with salt, pepper and more lemon juice, then spoon into a serving bowl.
  3. Sprinkle with a pinch of sweet smoked paprika and drizzle with extra olive oil. Serve with toasted pitta breads.
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Nutrition

  • 255kcals Calories
  • 23.7g (3.3g saturated) Fat
  • 3.8g Protein
  • 6.6g (0.3g sugars) Carbs
  • 2.7g Fibre
  • 0.2g salt Salt
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