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Home made dips, Hummus, Broad Bean Dip, Baba Ganoush and Gherkin Dip
Hummus
Ingredients
420g can of chick peas
2 heaped dessert spoons of tahini
2 cloves garlic
5 tablespoons olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon paprika
3 tablespoons water
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
Drain chick peas and place in a food processor
Add the tahini, garlic, lemon juice plus 3 tablespoons olive oil and process to a fine paste
Add the water as the machine runs. Season with salt and pepper to taste
Tip into a bowl and smooth out to level
Pour the remaining olive oil over the top of the dip, sprinkle with the paprika and serve
Broad Bean Dip
Ingredients
500g frozen broad beans
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 garlic clove, crushed
180g feta, drained
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
Cook broad beans in a saucepan of boiling salted water for 1 - 2 minutes.
Refresh in cold water, then drain and remove the skins.
Roughly mix beans in a bowl with olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
Add the feta and season with salt and pepper.
Serve with Crackers
Baba Ganoush
Ingredients
1 medium eggplant
5 cloves garlic
1/4 cup plain, unsweetened yoghurt
2 heaped dessert spoons tahini
Juice of 1 lemon
5 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
Cut the eggplant in half lengthwise and rub with some salt and 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
Place in a roasting dish with garlic and bake at 180°C for 15 - 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool.
Put eggplant and roasted cloves of garlic into a food processor with the lemon juice, tahini, the remaining olive oil and plain yoghurt.
Blend to a smooth consistency.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Gherkin Dip
Ingredients
Sour cream
Gherkins
Preparation
Blend sour cream and gherkins in a food processor.
Place in a bowl with a few thin slices of gherkin on top.
Serve with Crisps.
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