Cousin Petes Yummiest Dukkah Nut Dip Recipes

COUSIN PETE'S YUMMIEST DUKKAH (NUT DIP)

Steps:

• Roast the almonds, the sesame, sunflower, pumpkin, coriander and cumin seeds until lightly toasted and beginning to express oil.
• Allow to cool and combine well with the salt and pepper.
• Put the whole almonds into a food processor first and whiz briefly to reduce their size.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse lightly until it is coarse and chunky (you don't want to reduce it to a mash).
• Tear off a strip of bread, dip it into the olive oil, then into your dukkah mix -- heavenly !

CHICKPEA AND ROASTED NUT DIP

Steps:

• Place cashew nuts (or almonds), chickpeas, reserved brine, lemon juice and coriander into a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon into a serving dish, drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with extra chopped cashews or slivered almonds depending on which ones you have used in the dip.

PEANUT DUKKAH

Steps:

• Chop the peanuts very fine. Mix with the toasted sesame seeds in a bowl. In a dry skillet, lightly toast the coriander seeds just until fragrant and immediately transfer to a spice mill and allow to cool. In the same skillet, toast the cumin seeds just until fragrant and transfer to the spice mill. Allow to cool. When the spices have cooled, grind and add to the nuts and sesame seeds. Add the nigella seeds, sumac and salt and mix together.