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Savoury Bites

savoury bites

Loads of umami flavour from each little bite

savoury bites

  • 5 g garlic
  • 40 g tomato puree
  • 40 ml vegetable oil
  • 70 g self raising flour
  • 120 g chick peas, soaked, cooked and lightly crushed with a fork
  • 150 g lard (melted in the microwave)
  • 130 g instant oat cereal
  • salt & pepper to taste
  1. Mix all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl, place dessertspoon blobs onto a baking tray and cook at gas 6 for 10ish mins or until the top looks a little crispy and browned at the edge.

  2. Makes 36.

  3. Eat 3 at a time as a snack, make 3 batches in the month.

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