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Creamy marry me chickpeas

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Read about chickpeas in the BrightCulinary Book

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Ingredients
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  • 45 ml extra virgin olive oil
Heat a large fry pan over medium heat with the olive oil.
  • 1 whole onion
  • 5 cloves garlic
Add the finely chopped onion and roughly chopped garlic, coat in the oil and mix continuously 3 to 4 minutes until the onion is slightly translucent.
  • 8 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 g dried oregano
Add the flour and mix 1 to 2 minutes to cook off the raw flavour.
  • ½ g dried thyme
  • 1¼ g sweet smoked Spanish paprika
  • ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
Add the oregano, thyme, paprika and red pepper flakes and mix quickly so the paprika does not turn bitter.
Herbs and spices
  • 240 ml milk
  • 180 ml vegetable broth
Add the milk and vegetable broth and mix gently for about 5 minutes until slightly creamy.
  • 2 can chickpeas
Drain and rinse two cans of chickpeas in a colander.
  • 55 g sun-dried tomatoes
Add the chickpeas and the chopped sun-dried tomatoes, season with sea salt and black pepper and mix gently.
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
Lower to low medium and simmer about 10 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes or so to stop a film forming on the sauce.
  • 15 g grated cheese
  • 5 g fresh basil
  • 10 ml fresh lemon juice
Off the heat, add the grated cheese, chopped basil and lemon juice and mix gently.
Cheese, basil and lemon to finish
Take off the heat and transfer to a serving dish.