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Hummus Recipe
by Annette Vlahos

Hummus

This is very quick to make and lasts for a week in the refrigerator. It's great alone with pita bread or use it in the Mediterranean Layered Spread recipe on this website!

Recipe is adapted from The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

Rating: 5/5
Avg. 5/5 3 votes
  Middle eastern
  Servings: 2

Goes Well With: pita bread, chips

Ingredients

  • 2 cups canned chickpeas, drained, liquid reserved
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/3 cup tahini (sesame paste)
  • 6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons)
  • 2 tablespoons water from the chickpeas
  • Olive oil
  • 8 dashes Tabasco sauce

Directions

  1. Place all the ingredients (except olive oil) in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and process until the hummus is coarsely pureed. For more creamer hummus, add olive oil while the food processor is running.