Hummus, houmous humus or humous. However you like to spell it, this is one awesome post ride snack. Even better, it doesn’t require too many fancy ingredients; chances are that you’ll already have most of the stuff in the cupboard right now. Genius.
You’ll need about 500g of chickpeas. I tend to buy them pre-cooked in a jar but you can use dried ones and cook them beforehand. the juice of 1 lemon, some whole peppercorns, salt and some olive oil, best quality you can afford.
Grind up your peppercorns. I used a mortar and pessel but you can use what you like. Black peppercorns are great or here I had a mix of colours.
Into a largeish bowl chuck the chickpeas, olive oil and healthy sprinkling of pepper, not forgetting to squeeze in your lemon juice.
Whizz up with a stick blender or other electrical device. I havn’t tried this part by hand yet, let me know if you can make it work. Add salt (and more pepper) to taste.
Eat with tortilla chips, toasted bread or just your fingers. It’s that good!
Let me know how you like it. What other flavours do you suggest?
