Catalan chickpea salad

By ibcarolek

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 red onion, sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 8 oz chorizo or other dense garlic flavored pork sausage, sliced (kielbasa works great, just add 1 teaspoon paprika withthe chickpeas)
• 2 bay leaves, bruised.
• 2 tablespoon pine nuts, toasted in a dry skillet
• 2 cups canned chickpeas drained - but save 2 tablespoons of their juice off.
• coarsely ground black pepper
• 1 small tomato, finely chopped

Preparation

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a skillet, add onion, garlic, chorizo and bay leaves.
Saute over gentle heat for 5 minutes or until onion is softened but not browned.

Stir in pine nuts and chickpeas with the juice that was saved off. Heat through unitl the flavors are combined, mashing a little with a fork.

Sprinkle with pepper and chopped tomato and serve hot, warm or cool - but never chilled!