Houmous

[Carl]

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Ready in: 10 minutes
Serves: 6

No nutritional information available.

Ingredients

- 400g (14oz) tinned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp tahini
- Salt and ground white pepper

Method

1. Place the chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, tahini and 2 tbsp warm water in a small food processor. Blend until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the blender if necessary.

2. If the houmous is too thick, gradually add a little more warm water until it reaches the desired consistency. Season to taste with salt and ground white pepper.

3. Transfer to screw top jars and serve with breadsticks or raw vegetable sticks.