Ingredients
400g cooked chick peas, or canned chick peas drained (reserve a little of the liquid)juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp tahini
2 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
salt and black pepper to taste
1 tbsp chopped coriander
12 black olives
1 tsp olive oil to garnish
For the bread
1 ciabatta or French bread
2 garlic cloves crushed
1 tbsp chopped coriander
4 tbsp olive oil
Method
1) put the chick peas and liquid in a food processor and blend, gradually adding the reserved liquid and lemon juice, mix well, stir in the tahini and the olive oil, add the garlic, season to taste and blend until smooth,
2) spoon the hummus into a dish. To garnish, drizzle with olive oil and decorate with the chopped coriander and olives, leave to chill
3) slice the bread, and grill very lightly the slices on one side, remove from the grill turn the bread around and drizzle with a mixture of olive oil, coriander and garlic, cook under hot grill until golden brown, serve hot with the hummus
