I have met some interesting people during my holiday around the Med including the Greek lady who manages the Hellenic Traditional & Organic products store in Katakalon. Her shop was a cornucopia of deliciousness from olives, olive oil, spices, herbs, honey and lots more. I will write about her another time but talking with my co blogger about this weekend’s taste2taste off we decided a dip off was in order, no reflection of the current state of our or the Greek economy! This lady was definitely doing wonders for the local economy as I ended up buying lots of things including Monakrivo extra virgin olive oil from the Afanoules region which I have used in my houmous recipe that you can make in 5 minutes.
Ingredients
Ingredients (for 2-3 as a starter)
400g can chickpeas, drained but keep liquid
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 teaspoon of tahini paste
1 large garlic clove crushed
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
juice from 1/2 lemon
fresh chopped coriander, sumac, smoked paprika for decoration
Preparation
Put all the ingredients except olive oil in a food processor. Add 1 tablespoon of the chickpea liquid.
Blend and start drizzling in the olive oil until smooth. If it is too thick add a bit more olive oil and chickpea liquid.
Decorate with chopped coriander, sumac, paprika and a drizzle of olive oil on top.
Warm some bread and you are ready to dip. My Greek houmous, a quick delicious starter surely this weekend’s dip off winner?
Houmous/hummus with Turkish Simit (sesame ring bread) & Greek pita
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I was out for a walk this morning and had just stopped for coffee when I saw your post. For once I had everything in except the tahini, which I picked up on the way home and I made this for lunch. Everyone really enjoyed it and the photos have just been posted on my Instagram (bakemecrazy66) – I’ve credited back to your blog – thanks for sharing – excellent post 😊
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Thank you Emma, we’re glad you enjoyed it. All credit to my co-blogger Lindsey, whose creation this was!
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Thanks for your lovely comments and sharing with your followers I really appreciate it. Please watch out for my post on olive oil tasting in Greece coming soon and also a dip recipe from Santorini called fava it’s like a Greek dahl, delicious, vegan and gluten & dairy free too!I had a challenge to find out how it’s made as I cannot speak Greek and the cafe owner spoke little English.
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Thank you Emma, we’re glad you enjoyed it. All credit to my co-blogger Lindsey, whose creation this was!
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