You know those days when you had no idea you were having people for dinner and then that phone call comes mid-afternoon? Well, this is the quickly assembled first course that can turn a plain roast chicken, or anything else you think you can stretch for four people without much effort, into a dinner party. And actually, whenever you have to cook without time for planning, I think a roast chicken is nearly always the main course you need: It's much easier to come up with frills for before and after and alongside than to construct a fancy dinner party dish last minute. This can be in dollops on crostini (and you can buy baby toasts ready-made for the purpose in an Italian deli) or eaten as a dip and it even serves as a rather intriguing, gorgeously hued sauce for plain grilled meats.

Recipe courtesy of Nigella Lawson

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Total:: 10 min
Prep:: 10 min

Yield:: 2 cups

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

12-ounce jar flame roasted red peppers
14-ounce can chickpeas
1 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons cream cheese (recommended: Philadelphia)
2 tablespoons garlic oil
1 teaspoon lime juice
Salt

Directions

Drain the peppers and chickpeas and put them into a food processor.

Add the paprika, cream cheese, oil and lime juice.

Whiz to a hummus-like puree, and then add salt and perhaps more lime juice, to taste.

My Private Notes

Name: Red Pepper Hummus
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 12-ounce jar flame roasted red peppers; 14-ounce can chickpeas; 1 teaspoon paprika; 2 tablespoons cream cheese (recommended: Philadelphia); 2 tablespoons garlic oil; 1 teaspoon lime juice; Salt