Lemony chickpea puree recipe
Lemony Chickpea Puree recipe
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Ingredients
| 450 g | dried chickpeas, soaked overnight |
| salt and fresh ground pepper | |
| 4 clove(s) | garlic, two cloves crushed and two left whole |
| 1 | bay leaf |
| 150 ml | extra virgin olive oil, plus more as needed |
| 1 | lemon, zest and juice |
| 1 tbsp | fresh parsley, finely chopped, to garnish |
Instructions
Drain and rinse soaked chickpeas and put them into a saucepan. Cover with cold water. Season with salt and pepper and add crushed garlic cloves and the bay leaf and then bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer until tender, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Drain, reserving about 250 ml of cooking liquid.
Remove the bay leaf and discard. Put cooked chickpeas into a food processor or blender. Add the olive oil, lemon juice and zest, whole garlic, and salt and pepper. Process until smooth; add some of the reserved cooking liquid to thin if needed. Garnish with parsley
Preparation time:
ca. 20 min
Grade of difficulty:
easy
Calories per portion:
n/a
Reference: Lemony chickpea puree recipe
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