No store-bought Hummus can compare to the home-made one! This Hummus recipe has deep, sweet, caramelized, garlicky falovor and all the creaminess you would want for! A perfect, healthy dip to accompany chips, salads, sandwiches, wraps and what not!
Ingredients
1½ cup chickpeas, drained and rinsed ( 1 15 oz. can)
2 tablespoons tahini
2-3 tablespoons lemon juice ( one medium sized lemon)
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt
1 head of garlic, roasted
Extra olive oil, to roast/bake the garlic
flat leaf parsley, for garnish (optional)
pine nuts, toasted, for garnish (optional)
paprika for sprinkling (optional)
Method
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Peel off any papery edges of the garlic leaving all the cloves in tact. Cut the head of the garlic in half to expose the cloves.
Drizzle with some olive oil over the exposed surface of the garlic, letting the oil sink down into the cloves. Wrap in foil and bake for about 40-45 minutes until the center is completely soft. Squeeze cloves out, set aside.
Meanwhile peel the chickpeas if desired and set aside.
Most important step - In a food processor, blend together tahini, olive oil, lemon juice and roasted garlic untill its creamy. Stop in between, scrape down the sides and blend again until everything is smooth and creamy.
Add chickpeas and salt, and pulse for few minutes. Again stop to scrape down the sides and blend again by adding 1 tablespoon of water at a time with the machine still running.
Repeat until desired consistency - smooth, light and creamy!
Taste and adjust seasonings - more salt, lemon juice or tahini if needed.
To serve, transfer it to a bowl, drizzle in with a little extra virgin oilve oil and sprinkle it with some finely chopped parsley, zest of the lemon or garnish it with some toasted pine nuts or spice it up with a dash of paprika.
Serve it with pita chips, pita or naan wedges and/or veggies of your choice.
My Notes
Store in a airtight container for upto 1 week in the refridgrator, but tastes best eaten fresh. Before each serving, drizze with a little olive oil and sprinkle with paprika, nuts, parsley etc. of your choice.
Works great as a spread on sandwiches, wraps, burgers and the likes!
Recipe by at https://www.urbancilantro.com/roasted-garlic-hummus/