Hummus
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- no cook
- Easy
- Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas, drained
- 60ml oil, plus a 30ml for a looser consistency
- 1 small garlic clove peeled and crushed
- 1 lemon, juiced then ½ zested
- 3 tbsp tahini
- 1 tbsp olive oil, to garnish (optional)
- mixed crudités and toasted pitta bread, to serve (optional)
Method
- STEP 1
Thoroughly rinse the chickpeas in a colander under cold running water. Tip into the large bowl of a food processor along with 60ml of oil and blitz until almost smooth.
- STEP 2
Add the garlic, lemon and tahini, and blitz again. If the consistency is too thick, gradually pour in up to 30ml more water. Blitz again for about 5 mins, or until the hummus is smooth and silky.
- STEP 3
Season with a good pinch of sea salt and transfer to a bowl. Swirl the top of the hummus with the back of a dessert spoon and drizzle over a little olive oil. Serve with crunchy crudités and toasted pitta bread, if you like.
