How to cook chickpeas - tutorial and tips | Cotto al Dente
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Here is a tutorial where we see how to cook chickpeas and which variants of chickpeas can be found. Some tricks also to prevent the belly from swelling when we eat them! Then, as always, you will also find 3 super recipes with chickpeas that I love!

Here are the recipes from the video:

1) CHICKPEAS AND EGGS
Ingredients for 2 people
230 g of boiled chickpeas
4 eggs
1 teaspoon of paprika
Half onion
8 Cherry Tomatoes
A piece of ginger
Tomato sauce
Extra virgin olive oil
First cut the onion and ginger into small pieces and fry them in a pan with a drizzle of oil. Now add the chickpeas, paprika and cherry tomatoes, mix well and cook for a few minutes. Now add the tomato sauce and a little water and let it thicken slightly. Create four concavities using the spoon, open four eggs in them and let them cook over low heat until you see that the eggs are cooked.

2) CHICKPEA CHOCOLATES
N.B. We had run out of chocolate chips and they are not in the video, but if you have used them
240 g of washed and drained chickpeas
50 g peanut butter
15 g maple syrup
20 g chocolate chips (optional)
100 g of dark chocolate
Put the chickpeas, peanut butter and maple syrup in the blender. Blend everything well until the ingredients are well blended. Add the chocolate chips and blend for 5 seconds.
Take the dough and form into balls of about 15 g and put them in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, melt the dark chocolate in a bain-marie or in the microwave.
Dip the chickpea balls in the melted chocolate and leave them in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

3) CHICKPEAS FARINATA
Ingredients for two 24 cm trays
180 g of chickpea flour
1 teaspoon of salt
pepper
600 ml of water
4 tablespoons of oil
To finish
Rosemary
Coarse salt
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients except the oil. Line a 24 cm round baking pan with parchment paper, pour in 4 tablespoons of oil and a part of the preparation. The thickness should be about half a centimeter. Bake in a hot oven at 250 degrees for about 20 minutes. Complete with coarse salt and rosemary.

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