The Return of Chef Lolls!

I'm baaaack....

And I'm trying to perfect some of my favourites. Today's attempt was some Hummus, using a recipe from a book I purchased in England - see photo. However, as usual, when I followed their instructions, I wasn't happy with the outcome, so I then improvised.

Simple Hummus
Ingredients:
19oz can Chick Peas
5 Tbsp Tahini paste
1.5 Tbsp lemon juice
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 Tbsp water

3 Tbsp olive oil
3 shakes of cayenne pepper
2 shakes black pepper


Method:
Drain chick peas. Blend in blender until nice and smooth. Add tahinni, then garlic and lemon juice. Blend. Add water, then olive oil. More blending. Add cayenne and black pepper. Still more blending.

The original recipe was for a 14oz can, and I had a large one, so I just up converted. However the results were a bit off - I should only use 3 cloves of garlic, and definitely need at least 3 Tbsp of olive oil.

I served it with some cut up baguette, baby tomatoes (from my Dad's garden - yum!), cucumber and carrots. I think this was a good mix of flavours and textures, and did help disguise the strong garlic bite. If you like garlic, definitely keep the 4 cloves, but if you want to interact with humans within the next 24 hours, I'd say only do a max of 3.....