HUMMUS (WITH VARIATIONS)
Adapted from The Complete Book of Greek Cooking by Salaman and Cutler. Hummus is such a healthy food. My granddaughter loves it with carrots and celery, but pita bread is a more traditional dipper.
Provided by Carolyn Haas
Categories Vegetable Appetizers
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- 1. Mash chickpeas with a fork until desired consistency. If you like it smoother, use food processor or immersion blender.
- 2. Stir in tahini, then grated garlic cloves and lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- 3. For red pepper version, add red peppers to chickpeas when blending. For pine nut version, mix in after blending chickpeas - you don't want them to be too smoothly incorporated into the hummus.
- 4. Garnish with a few reserved chickpeas or paprika or a few pine nuts or some parsley or...
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