Greek Restaurant Style Hummus
From lobster 15 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 8
Easily adaptable basic hummus for an appy or snack you can serve with vegetables, crackers, thick or thin greek pitas brushed with olive oil and toasted....YUMMM
Ingredients
- 1 19 oz Can chickpeas (drained, reserve liquid) shopping list
- 1/4 Cup reserved chickpea liquid (or more depending on consistency desired) shopping list
- 4 Tbsp lemon juice shopping list
- 2 Tbsp tahini (sesame paste) shopping list
- 2 - 4 cloves crushed garlic (or more to taste) shopping list
- 1/2 Tsp salt shopping list
- 1/8 Tsp paprika shopping list
- Sprinkle of cumin (or to taste) shopping list
- 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil shopping list
How to make it
- In food processor add;
- chickpeas, reserved liquid from chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, garlic, salt, paprika, and cumin if desired.
- Process until all combined and well blended
- Continue processing and add Extra virgin olive oil slowly
- Continue blending until desired consistency. Add additional liquid if a runnier consistency is desire.
- Shorter time for coarse texture and longer for smoother texture.
- Make ahead and let flavours meld together for several hours prior to serving.
- Garnish with a sprig of fresh parsley and a sprinkle of paprika on top.
- Can be stored in refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Enjoy!!
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Hi lobster! We love hummus in this house but I've never made homemade before. I'm going to give this one a try. I saw one in my grocery store recently that was lemon flavored. Think a little lemon juice could be added to this? Maybe in place of ...more
babskitchen
in Ft. Myers loved it
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Lobster! This is fantastic. Made it today and changed it slightly (our stores only carry 15.5 oz. cans) so I only added lemon juice in place of the chickpea juice (I was really hankering for a lemony flavored hummus) and just upped the paprika and ...more
babskitchen
in Ft. Myers loved it
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Guess what I am making this weekend....yup... you guessed it! Love this stuff. Thanks for the post.
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