Hummus is a classic Mediterranean dish. It is refreshing, and tastes amazing with fresh pita bread, but if you don't have time pita chips are amazing as well. I have had a lot of fun making middle eastern food, and I hope you enjoy :)
Ingredients:
6 oz dried chickpeas or 12 oz pre-cooked (canned) chickpeas
28 oz water
1 Tbsp kosher salt + more to taste
2 garlic cloves
Juice of 1 lemon
⅓ Cup Tahini
½ Cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ - ⅓ Cup ice water
To garnish: sweet paprika and sumac if available
Method:
Soak chickpeas water with 1 Tbsp salt. Skip steps 1-3 if you are using pre-cooked chickpeas.
Drain, rinse, measure 12 oz chickpeas.
Simmer chickpeas for 2 hours Then, once again, drain and rinse the chickpeas
Combine chickpeas and garlic in the base of the food processor. Process until the mixture becomes homogeneous and relatively smooth.
With the machine still running, add the lemon juice, tahini, olive oil, and enough ice water to reach a smooth consistency. Process for 4-5 minutes until the hummus is smooth and fluffy.
Season the hummus with salt.
Reserve in the refrigerator until ready to use for up to 5 days.
Delicious! One of my favorite things to do is to blend fresh parsley and garlic into the chic peas, olive oil and lemon juice mixture~ so good!