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Chickpea fatteh

Chickpea fatteh

  • Main course

Crisp bread and warm chickpeas with a yogurt, tahini and mint sauce.

Active time30 min

Cooking15 min

Total40 min

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Ingredients

  • 1 lemon
  • 10 fresh mint leaves
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 750 ml plain Greek yogurt
  • 8 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp pine nuts
  • 250 g tinned cooked chickpeas with their liquid
  • 1 pinch of black pepper — optional
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp tahini
  • 2 large Lebanese flatbreads

Preparation

  1. Cut the breads into bite-sized pieces with scissors. Heat 6 tbsp of oil in a pan. Fry the bread over medium heat, stirring often, until crisp and golden. Lift out with a slotted spoon onto kitchen paper. Lightly toast the pine nuts in another dry pan and set aside.

    8 tbsp olive oil
    3 tbsp pine nuts
    2 large Lebanese flatbreads
    • scissors
    • frying pans
    • spatula
    • slotted spoon
    • kitchen paper

  2. Put chickpeas and their liquid in a saucepan. Add water to cover. Simmer for about 5 minutes, then drain and discard the cooking water.

    250 g tinned cooked chickpeas with their liquid
    • saucepan
    • colander

  3. Wash and chop the mint, keeping half for serving. Peel and crush garlic with salt. Squeeze the lemon. Mix garlic, yogurt, tahini, lemon juice and half the mint in a bowl. Add optional pepper, then the drained warm chickpeas.

    Use for the recipe: half a lemon (prepare 1 lemon).

    half a lemon
    10 fresh mint leaves
    2 garlic cloves
    750 ml plain Greek yogurt
    1 pinch of black pepper — optional
    1 tsp salt
    3 tbsp tahini
    • knife
    • chopping board
    • garlic press
    • citrus juicer
    • bowl
    • spoon

  4. Put the crisp bread on a platter. Cover with yogurt and chickpeas. Drizzle with the remaining oil and scatter over pine nuts and reserved mint. Serve immediately while the bread is crisp.

    • platter
    • spoon

Allergens

  • Milk
  • Sesame

Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Gluten, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Soy, Sulphites.

Sources and credits

Photo: Au Menu — created with ImageGen at Roch’s request · Editorial permission from Roch for Au Menu; OpenAI terms

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Chickpea fatteh