Burcol Spanish Jarred Chickpeas, 560g

Burcol's premium Spanish cooked chickpeas in jars are excellent quality, they make a fantastic base ingredient for soups, stews and salads and can be made into excellent smooth hummus without the grainy texture you can get from the tinned varieties. They are the perfect storecupboard ingredient.

How do jarred chickpeas differ from canned chickpeas?
The canning and jarring process is essentially the same, chickpeas are cooked and preserved in either a can or a glass jar. However, the canning process is much harsher on the chickpeas - the heat from the preservation process takes longer to penetrate through the metal can, so the variety of chickpeas used for cans has to be tougher, less creamy and with thicker skins to withstand the extra time it takes.

The raw ingredients that are selected for preserving in glass jars have been grown for flavour and texture, with lovely creamy texture and thin, tender skins.

Recipes that use this ingredient:
Spanish Chickpea Stew with Fino Sherry and Roasted Peppers
Shaved Fennel and Chickpea Salad with Pickled Lemon Dressing

Allergens: SULPHITES

Ingredients: Chickpeas, water, salt, sequestrant (E385), preservative: sodium metabisulphite