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Garantita with Harissa

                                                          

Ingredients 

2 cups chickpea flour (Garbanzo Bean Flower)

4 cups water

1/2 cup sunflower oil (you can use vegetable or canola also)

2 -3 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 egg, beaten

1 1/2-2 teaspoons cumin

To serve
4 tablespoons harissa
2 large French baguettes
1 tablespoon cumin


Directions
Preheat oven to 360 F
Place all your ingredients (except the egg & those required to serve!) in a large blender / liquidizer - you may need to do this in 2 batches
Liquidize the mixture until it is frothy & completely smooth.
Pour this batter into a 7" x 11" rectangular pan.
Whisk the egg, and then pour over the top of the batter.
Cook for around 45 minutes or until the top is lightly golden but the middle is still slightly squishy / sloppy (unless you like it firmer, in which case cook it 5 - 10 minutes more).
Slice the garantita into 8 pieces (a large, wide spatula or cake knife is useful for this!)
Cut each baguette into 1/4's, then split open & remove a little of the inner bread.
Spread the bottom of each 1/4 of baguette with 1/2 tbsp. of the harissa & lay the garantita on top. Sprinkle with a little cumin then cover with the top of the baguette - to make a sandwich.

Harissa Recipe

 10-12 dried red chili peppers

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon ground caraway seeds

1/2 teaspoon cumin

Directions

Soak the dried chilies in hot water for 30 minutes. Drain. Remove stems and seeds.
In a food processor combine chili peppers, garlic, salt, and olive oil. Blend.
Add remaining spices and blend to form a smooth paste.

Thoughts

If you haven't ever cooked a soufflé before, I would highly recommend researching it first; I didn't..... A  strange texture was the result. The Garantita had the consistency somewhere between semi-cooked cake batter and bread pudding; a consequence of my culinary prowess… Great flavor; simple; cheap; terrible soufflé on my part…

The most expensive part of this was making the Harissa. In the future, I wouldn't see a problem in substituting some sort of tabasco sauce for it. Minus the Harissa, this didn't cost more than $6.00 and could easily feed 3-4 people.