2 Minute Sun Dried Tomato & Almond Spread
Simply whizz for a super savoury spread.
Servings: 8
Calories: 136kcal
Cost: 25p
Equipment
- stick blender
- mixing bowl
- digital weighing scales
Ingredients
- 100 g sun dried tomatoes
- 100 g ground almonds
- 2 tblsp olive oil
Metric - US Customary
Instructions
For tomatoes that are dried and in a packet
- Soak the sun dried tomatoes in a little water, about 200ml, until they have plumped up, then drain them.
- Put the tomatoes, olive oil and ground almonds in a mixing bowl or jug
- Add about 100ml of the water the tomatoes were soaking in
For tomatoes that are in a jar, in oil
- If your tomatoes are from a jar, drain the oil from them, keeping the oil for later use
- Put the tomatoes, ground almonds, 2 tblsp of the oil from the jar and about 100ml water in a mixing bowl or jug
For all kinds
- Whizz to a smooth paste with a stick blender
- Add more water if you want a less thick spread
- Freezes well if you don't use it within about a week
Notes
This spread can be used in a sandwich, on toast, in a jacket potato. Would work well as a pasta sauce, but will need to be runnier. Add some more water to the desired thickness
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Nutrition
Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 428mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 109IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 2mg
