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TODAY’S RECIPE: Pumpkin houmous

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EASY Halloween idea. Serves: 8.

Ingredient­s

1 small pumpkin (about 500g) 2 garlic cloves, peeled Olive oil, for roasting Lemon, juiced 2 tbsp tahini paste 400g can chickpeas TO SERVE: 1 red pepper, deseeded, and sliced

1 yellow pepper, deseeded, and sliced Mini breadstick­s and pitta chips

Method

1. Cut the top off the pumpkin, about two-thirds of the way up. Remove the pumpkin seeds, then scoop the flesh out of the bottom and the lid.

2. Heat oven to 200c/180c fan/gas 6. Cut pumpkin flesh into pieces and put in a roasting tin with the garlic and a good glug of oil. Season, then bake for 45 minutes until very tender. Leave to cool.

3. Tip cooked pumpkin into a food processor with any juices from the roasting tin and the garlic. Add the lemon juice, tahini paste and drained chickpeas. Season with salt and blend to a paste (add more oil if it’s too thick). Scoop houmous into the pumpkin and serve with peppers, breadstick­s and pitta chips.

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