English students in EIO, cooking differents recipes:
Daddy´s Guacamole Dip
Humous
Tapenade.
Was a funny workshop with our teacher Idoia.
DADDY´S GUACAMOLE DIP.
INGREDIENTS
2 avocados. halved with pits removed
2 tomatoes. diced
jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
2 cup diced sweet onion
1 lemon juiced
2 Cups cottage cheese
2 teaspoon garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Scoop flesh out of the avocado and place it in a medium size mixing bowl.
Mash the avocado well. Add lemon juice to the avocado and mix well. Place tomatoes, jalapeño pepper, onion, cottage cheese, garlic powder, salt and pepper into the mixing bowl; stir until the ingredient are combined. Chill for at least one hour before serving.
2. Use it as a dip with pitta bread, toasted bread or crudités (carrots, red peppers, celery).
HUMOUS
Jamie Ohver
INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)
340 grs chickpeas soaked overnight
1 small dried red chilli
Teaspoon cumin seeds or ground cumin salt and fleshly ground black pepper
1 clove of garlic peeled
1 ½ tablespoon tahini (sesame seed paste sold in most supermarkets)
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Lemon juice to taste (approx. 2 tablespoons)
DIRECTIONS
Rinse the cooked chickpeas, saving a little of the cooking water.
In a pestle and mortar pound the chilli and cumin with a teaspoon of salt.
In a food processor finely chop the garlic then add the chickpeas chilli cumin and tahini and pulse them until smooth.
Add the salt pepper oil and lemon juice to taste.
If you prefer the humous a bit thinner add a little of the cooking water until you´re happy.
1 like humous just as a dip with pitta bread, toasted bread or crudités (carrots, red peppers, celery)
TAPENADE
Classic Mediterranean ingredients, olives, capers and anchovies, are combined to make this flavoursome dip. Choose whether you prefer a rough or smooth textured finish and serve with bread and crudité (carrots, red peppers, celery) for dipping.
Ingredients:
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 lemon juice only
3 tbsp capers, chopped
6 anchovy fillets, chopped
250 grs/9 oz black olives, pitted
small bunch fresh parsley, chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2-4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Instructions:
1.- To make a rough textured tapenade, simply mix all the ingredients togethe,r adding enough olive oil to form a paste.
2.- For smoother texture, tip the garlic, lemon juice, copers and anchovy into a food processor and process for about 10 seconds. Add the olives and parsley and enough olive oil to make a paste.
3. Season to taste if necessary