Quick Home-made Hummus with Watercress

Name: Quick Home-made Hummus with Watercress
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 x 85g bag watercress or equivalent quantity; 2 x 410g cans chickpeas; 1 clove garlic peeled and crushed; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp tahini; Juice of 1 lemon; Good pinch cayenne; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Wholemeal pitta and extra watercress to serve

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Greek Preserves

Ingredients

1 x 85g bag watercress or equivalent quantity
2 x 410g cans chickpeas
1 clove garlic peeled and crushed
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp tahini
Juice of 1 lemon
Good pinch cayenne
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Wholemeal pitta and extra watercress to serve

Accompaniment

Method

1
Roughly chop the watercress. Drain the chickpeas, reserving 100ml of the liquid.

Put this reserved liquid and half the chickpeas in a food processor, add the garlic, olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, cayenne and plenty of salt and pepper. Whiz until the mixture becomes smooth.

Add the remaining chickpeas and the watercress and whiz again on the pulse setting, until the mixture is still quite chunky. Serve in warmed pitta bread with extra watercress, or as a dip with crudités.