Fattet Hummus
Crisp torn bread under warm chickpeas under garlicky yoghurt, finished with browned butter and pine nuts. Assembled, not cooked.
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Build it at the table and eat it within a minute. The whole point is three temperatures and two textures at once — crisp bread, warm chickpeas, cool yoghurt, hot butter — and the moment it stands, the bread drinks the yoghurt and the dish becomes a bowl of soft beige. Have everything ready, layer it fast, pour the butter over as you carry it.
The Method for Fattet Hummus
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Heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F fan.
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Tear the pitta into rough pieces, toss with the olive oil and spread on a tray.
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Bake 8 minutes, until crisp and golden, then set aside.
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Warm the chickpeas in a small pan with the cumin and a splash of water.
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Whisk the yoghurt, tahini, garlic, lemon juice and salt together until smooth and pourable.
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Melt the butter in a small frying pan and add the pine nuts.
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Cook 3 minutes, swirling, until the nuts are golden and the butter smells nutty.
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Scatter the crisp bread over a wide serving dish.
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Spoon the warm chickpeas over, then pour the yoghurt across the top.
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Pour over the hot butter and nuts, scatter with parsley and sumac, and take it straight to the table.
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A Few Pointers
- Everything ready before you start layering.
- Yoghurt at room temperature pours; fridge-cold yoghurt sits in lumps.
- Save a little chickpea liquid to loosen the yoghurt if it stiffens.
Common Substitutions & Variations
- An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.
What to Serve With It
Sweet mint tea · Radishes and olives · Fresh tomatoes
Leftovers and Storage
Assembled, it does not keep. The components refrigerate separately up to 3 days.
The Numbers per Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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