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Graveyard hummus

Halloween black bean hummus with tahini, lemon and garlic, decorated with breadstick tombstones. Follow the ingredients, method and cooking video.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1.5 cups cooked black beans
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp oil for the garlic
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp salt, adjusted to taste
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • A drizzle of toasted sesame oil
  • 3–4 ice cubes (about 5 tbsp water)
  • Breadsticks and an edible ink pen, to decorate
  • Sesame seeds and extra cumin, to decorate

The kitchen spell

  1. Blend the tahini with the lemon juice until creamy and pale.
  2. Lightly brown the garlic in the tablespoon of oil, then transfer it to the blender.
  3. Add the beans, cumin, smoked paprika, salt, olive oil and ice.
  4. Blend at high speed for five minutes, then taste and adjust the seasoning.
  5. Spread the hummus on a square plate. Make fork marks and scatter sesame seeds and cumin over it.
  6. Mark breadsticks with RIP using edible ink and stand them in the dip as tombstones.