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Portuguese Chickpea Salad With Roasted Garlic Recipe

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Portuguese Chickpea Salad With Roasted Garlic
1 Head of garlic, papery
-outside husks removed
2 15-oz cans chickpeas,
-drained
1 tbsp Chopped fresh basil
2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
3 medium Tomatoes, cut into 1/2"
-dice
1 tsp Ground cumin
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper


Preheat oven to 425. Slice 1/4" off top of head of garlic. Wrap
garlic in foil. In small baking dish, roast garlic until it turns
buttery soft, 30 to 40 mins. Let stand 10 mins. to cool. Meanwhile,
in serving bowl, mix chickpeas with basil and vinegar. Set aside.
When garlic is cool enough to handle, squeeze out each clove into
bean mixture. Stir well to coat beans. Toss with diced tomatoes.
Season with cumin, salt, and pepper. Serve at room temperature.
(Excessive salt?)

(Recipe from "365 Ways to Cook Vegetarian," HarperCollins, 1994)
TAUB@vaxvmsx.babson.edu From Fatfree Digest April-May 1994,
Formatting by Sue Smith (using MMCONV)
 


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