"Brown Butter Hummus"

Ingredients

250 g cooked chickpeas
½ tsp baking soda
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic
¼ tsp cumin
¼ tsp salt
50 g tahini
150 ml chickpea cooking liquid
100 g unsalted butter
1 tsp smoked paprika

Method

Soak the {dried chickpeas} overnight
Drain and transfer to a large pan, cover with plenty of cold water, add the ½ tsp baking soda.
Bring to the boil, then reduce to simmer and cook ~1 h 30 (or until quite soft).
Drain and transfer to a pan, cover with cold water,
add the bicarbonate of soda.
Bring to the boil, simmer 3 hours
Drain and reserve some cooking liquid
Cool
Blend chickpeas
Add garlic, remaining lemon juice, cumin and salt, and ~150 ml cooking liquid
Blend until completely smooth
Add the tahini and blend again
Melt butter
Strain butter and season with paprika and salt
Keep warm until serving.