Lebanese Nachos


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Ingredients

2 cans of chick peas
olive oil as needed
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and allspice
3 pita bread
1 pound lowfat yogurt
1 tablespoon of tahini
8 cloves of garlic
salt, to taste
1/4 cup of pine nuts
1 tablespoon of butter

Preparation

1
Drain chick peas and place in pot with 3 cups of water
2
Cook chick peas for one hour till water evaporates and they are soft.
3
Mash garlic with salt in a mortar
4
Add cumin to chick peas, olive oil, cinnamon and allspice and mash them a bit
5
Add garlic to the chick peas and taste to adjust seasoning
6
Mix tahini and garlic with yogurt
7
Cut pita in triangles and toast in 300F oven till golden 15 minutes
8
Melt butter in skillet and toast pine nuts till caramelized
9
When ready to serve, plop a tablespoon of mashed chick peas on pita triangles, add one tablespoon of yogurt and sprinkle pine nuts

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This is a fusion of the popular Tex-Mex nachos with Lebanese traditional fatteh, a layered dish which consists of toasted pita croutons, garlicky yogurt and meat or legume stew, in this case, chick peas; it has all the fun and none of the fat of the Tex-Mex version.

Yield:

6

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Friday, March 26, 2010 - 3:58pm

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