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| Chickpeas - Ceci - Garbanzos |
As a child in Italy, the long winter evenings were spent around a large fireplace (only method of keeping warm) with family and friends. In front of the crackling logs we would munch on dried fruit, roasted chestnuts and chickpeas.
There were two methods of roasting chickpeas:
-- one utilizing sand and salt in a very large pot where the chickpeas would roast
until turning white;
--the other utilizing a large pan with a little olive oil.
Today, it's still our family snack choice. We prefer the pan method as the chickpeas are crunchy but not hard, therefore kinder to the teeth.
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Ingredients
1 lb. dry chickpeas (alternate 2 cans of cooked beans).*
4 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and black pepper
Place the washed chickpeas in a large pot. Add water (3 times the amount of the chickpeas), and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer gently for 1 hour. The chickpeas should not be not be fully cooked. Drain and pat dry with paper towels.
*If canned chickpeas are used - Drain and rinse chickpeas under running water. Pat dry with a kitchen towel and proceed as follows.
Place oil in a large cast iron skillet over the cooktop. Spread chickpeas out. Add salt and pepper and cook over medium heat stirring occasionally until the chickpeas are brown and crunchy.
*If canned chickpeas are used - Drain and rinse chickpeas under running water. Pat dry with a kitchen towel and proceed as follows.
Place oil in a large cast iron skillet over the cooktop. Spread chickpeas out. Add salt and pepper and cook over medium heat stirring occasionally until the chickpeas are brown and crunchy.
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Thanks for the recipe! my fondest Ceci memory is of the feast of San Gennaro, the only Italian festa i ever attended as a child. My father always gave us enough money to buy a necklace of the ceci which we wore as we ate them. great stuff!
ReplyDeletethanks for the memory; I will definitely try this at home.
Mimi -My husband loves to munch on them. So last night, I made him happy. I assure you, they are addictive.
ReplyDeleteI just learned how to make collard green chips, now I see kale chips, and these chic peas for snacks. Think I'm in heaven. Taylor1945
ReplyDeleteTaylor1945 - I hope the chickpea snack will not disappoint you.
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