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Homemade Hummus

Hummus. Houmous. Hummous. Hommos. Humos. Hommus. Hoummos.  However you fancy spelling it (I've gone for the Wikipedia page spelling - apparently houmous is the English spelling) hummus is super easy to make. It's quite simply a question of blitzing up chickpeas and deciding what flavour combination you fancy; this one is of the paprika and lemon variety but you're welcome to adapt to suit what you like! To make a generous bowl of homemade hummus you will need: A 400g tin of chickpeas 1 crushed garlic clove 3 heaped dessertspoons of creme fraiche 3 teaspoons tahini paste  Juice of half a lemon Few shakes of paprika (to taste) Few shakes of cumin (to taste) Salt and freshly ground pepper (to taste) Kick things off by draining and rinsing your chickpeas. Throw them into the container that the blitzing is going to take place in. Crush in your garlic clove (quite important to crush it in rather than throwing in whole as you don't want to get a mangled