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Homemade hummus is is much more delicious and fresh tasting than store-bought hummus. Drizzle a little olive oil, add a parsley sprig and you are all set for a wonderful and exotic dish. Enjoy!
Classic Hummus
1/2 pound dried chickpeas (garbanzo beans) (about 1 1/4 cups), or two 15-ounce cans chickpeas, drained
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup tahini (sesame paste), stirred to blend before being measured
1/3 cup strained fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
1/2 cup chickpea cooking liquid or water
Salt to taste
1 to 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (for drizzling)
Aleppo pepper, paprika, or cayenne pepper (for sprinkling)
Italian parsley sprigs (for garnish)
1. Pick over chickpeas, discarding any pebbles and broken or discolored peas. Rinse well. If you like, soak chickpeas 8 hours or overnight in water to cover generously; this cuts their cooking time slightly and helps improve the texture if the peas are old. Drain soaked chickpeas and rinse.
2. Put the chickpeas in large saucepan and add about 5 cups water. Bring to a simmer. Cover and cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours, or until very tender. Drain well, reserving cooking liquid. Cool slightly.
3. Chop chickpeas in food processor. Add garlic, tahini, lemon juice, cumin, and 1/4 cup chickpea cooking liquid (or water, if using canned ones) and puree until blended. Transfer to bowl. Gradually stir in more chickpea cooking liquid or water until the puree is the consistency of a smooth spread. Season with salt to taste. Refrigerate in a covered container until ready to serve.
4. To serve, spoon hummus onto a serving plate and spread it so edges are thicker than center. Drizzle center with olive oil and sprinkle very lightly with Aleppo pepper. Put a few parsley sprigs on the edges of the hummus.
Makes about 8 servings.
Recipe courtesy of:
Levy, Faye, Feast from the Mideast, New York: William Morrow Cookbooks, 2003.
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Your hummus recipe sounds a lot like my own. What a do slightly different is that I roast a head of garlic before. I really love that flavor of roasted garlic in a hummus.
Also really liked your photography - are you the only author of your blog?
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