Can't Go Wrong with Homemade Hummus
Can't Go Wrong with Homemade Hummus
I love hummus and every week I usually pick up a tub to have on hand but at $5.00 a pop I figured it was time to see if I could make my own! And the answer is yes, absolutely!
With all of the ingredients in hand, it took me about a half hour to make different kinds. I used an Epicurious recipe, divided it in half and flavored each of the hummus with their own unique flavor; a garlic and parsley oil hummus and roasted red pepper hummus. Getting the right texture and consistency was the hardest part for me. I had to add a little more water to each batch to make it more creamy and less stiff. But it is easy to fine tune to the right texture!
Can't Go Wrong with Homemade Hummus
Adapted from Epicurious
Ingredients
- 4 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon salt
two 1-pound 3-ounce cans chick-peas, drained and rinsed
2/3 cup well stirred tahini
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, or to taste
1/2 cup olive oil, or to taste
- For Parsley and Garlic Hummus
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup parsley
1-2 garlic cloves, depending on taste
- For Roasted Red Pepper
2-3 peppers from a can of roasted red pepper
1/4 cup of olive
Directions
- On a cutting board mince and mash the garlic to a paste with the salt. In a food processor purée the chick-peas with the garlic paste, the tahini, the lemon juice, 1/2 cup olive oil, scraping down the sides, until the hummus is smooth and add salt to taste. Add water, if necessary, to thin the hummus to the desired consistency and transfer the hummus to a bowl.
- The hummus should be a little thick in consistency, place half in a bowl and save for later for the roasted red pepper.
- In the food processor, cleaned, purée the remaining 1/4 cup oil with the parsley and garlic until the oil is bright green and the parsley is minced transfer the parsley oil to a small jar. The hummus and the parsley oil may be made 3 days in advance and kept covered and chilled. I mixed half of my hummus and parsley garlic oil together as I was eating it that day. If the consistency still seems too thick, add more warm water if needed.
- Add the other half of the hummus in the food processor. Add two to three roasted red peppers and olive oil. If needed added more water.
- Serve with crackers, veggies, on sandwiches as a spread and a million other ways.
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