To celebrate International Hummus Day on Wednesday 13th May, the Village Shop has teamed up with Farrington’s Oils to bring you some exciting recipes using their Mellow Yellow Rapeseed Oils. Quick, easy and so delicious, you may never buy ready made hummus again! We stock the full range of Farrington’s Mellow Yellow Oils and Dressings. Check out their website www.farrington-oils.co.uk.

Hummus

Ingredients
400g can of chickpeas
2 cloves of garlic
3 tbsp Mellow Yellow Rapeseed Oil
Juice of 1 lemon
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ground cumin

Method
Drain and rinse the chickpeas, peel the garlic cloves and juice the lemon. Pop all ingredients into a food processor, including the rapeseed oil, salt and cumin. Decant into a serving bowl and finish with a drizzle of rapeseed oil on top.
Serve with tortilla, flat breads, pittas or crudités.
This recipe is so easy to modify – add roasted red peppers or caramelised onion, or even sun dried tomatoes.

Chilli and Cumin Hummus

Ingredients
400g can butterbeans, drained
1 tsp salt
5 tbsp Mellow Yellow Chilli & Cumin Dressing

Method
To a food processor, add your butterbeans, salt and Mellow Yellow Chilli & Cumin Dressing. Blend until smooth. Serve with a drizzle of Mellow Yellow Chilli & Cumin Dressing and enjoy.