Hot Chickpea Purée with Pine Nuts

Name: Hot Chickpea Purée with Pine Nuts (Sıcak humus)
Yield: Serves 3-4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons tahin; 4 cloves garlic, crushed with salt; 4 oz/120 g chickpeas; 4-5 tablespoons olive oil; 4 cloves garlic, crushed with salt; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; juice of 1 lemon; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon pine nuts; 1-2 tablespoons butter; ½ teaspoon kırmızı biber

Sıcak humus

Preparation info

Serves
3-4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Turkish Cooking

By Ghillie Basan

Published 1995

About

From central and eastern Anatolia comes this delectable thick humus that is baked in the oven and served hot. It is filling, nourishing and soothing.

Ingredients

4 oz/120 g chickpeas
3 tablespoons tahin<

Asia
Turkey
Starter
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat oven to 400F/Mark 6/200C
Soak and cook the chickpeas as for humus. Then pound them with the tahin, garlic, cumin, olive oil and lemon juice (or whizz them all together in an electric mixer). Season to taste.
Spoon the mixtu