Lou's Bean Spread.

Ingredients are everything! I got the True Spanish Dulce paprika from www.CookingEnthusiast.com, grew the Hot Portugal pepper seeds from www.harrisseeds.com.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 3 cups

Ingredients

• 2 (15 1/2ounce) cans butter beans
• 1  lemon, juice of
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2  garlic cloves
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  smoked paprika
• 1  cup  portugal  hot pepper, diced
• 1  cup kalamata olive, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Directions

1. Drop garlic into a running food processor.
2. Stop the processor, add 2 tablespoons olive oil and lemon juice.
3. Process to get garlic chopped finer.
4. Add beans, salt and pepper. Process to a smooth paste.
5. With the processor running, slowly add a stream of olive oil until mixture is smooth.
6. Transfer to a bowl and stir in peppers and olives.
7. Drizzle with olive oil and dust with the dulce paprika.
8. Serve with toasted pita chips.