Jewish Cookery | Kosher Recipes | Beetroot Hummus

Ingredients

• 150g cooked beetroot – drained
• 1 tablespoon tahina
• 2 x 400g tin chickpeas -rinsed
• 1 garlic clove –peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 100ml olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper – to taste
• Garnish: 6 tablespoons black olives
• 6 large pitta breads – toasted
• Sprigs of fresh basil – roughly chopped
• Dusting of freshly ground black pepper