Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Hummus is very simple to make at home. This recipe only takes about five minutes to whip up and you can really taste the difference between home made and store bought.
Now don't get me wrong, I buy the store bought hummus all the time and some of them are pretty darn good, but at the end of the day nothing is as ever good as homemade.
If you wanted to enjoy your hummus without the roasted pepper flavor, just skip the peppers and you'll have the original hummus.
*What is Tahini?
Tahini is a thick paste made from ground sesame seeds. Think peanut butter, only instead of peanuts, swap the peanuts for sesame seeds.
To make tahini, sesame seeds are soaked in water for a day, then crushed to separate the bran from the kernels. The crushed seeds are put into salted water, where the bran sinks, but the kernels float and are skimmed off the surface. They are toasted, then ground to produce their oily paste. There are two types of tahini, light and dark, and the light ivory version is considered to have both the best flavor and texture.
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Ingredients
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 15 oz. can of garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1/3 cup of tahini
Juice of 1 lemon
1 12 oz. jar of roasted red peppers
1 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil
A big fat pinch of salt
Serves 6-8 as an appetizer.
Directions
Place the garlic into food processor and pulse until minced.
Add the garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon juice, and oil. Pulse until smooth. Toss in the roasted peppers and salt and pulse until everything is incorporated.
Nutritional Analysis
2 tbsp of hummus:Calories: 65; Total Fat: 4.2g; Saturated Fat: 0.5g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 118mg; Carbohydrate: 4.9g; Dietary Fiber: 1.1g; Sugars: 0.6; Protein: 1.9g
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- Tagged with Garbanzo Beans, Tahini
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Ashley Jean :
This hummus was soooooooo good. I added a few green olives to it also, sooo yummy, great recipe!
posted on August 22, 2007 12:39 AM
Dani :
Ashley - yum! The olive sound like a great addition!
posted on August 23, 2007 6:21 AM
mahmoud hafez :
yummy i love hommus
ok i am originally from damacus syria and we invented these recipes
and hummos is a great dip if you doing barbecue try roasting the red peppers on a barbeuse and then add them to the hommus
try puting a pinch of grounded cumin its lovely
thanks for doing this i love it
posted on April 20, 2008 5:00 AM
Dani :
Mahmoud - Great tips... I Iove the idea of adding cumin:).
posted on April 21, 2008 10:34 AM
Laura :
What can you substitute for tahini??? We have NONE in our little town and they look at you as if you're NUTS when you ask!!!
posted on May 26, 2008 11:13 AM
Dani :
Laura - If you can't find any tahini then just skip it! You may need a splash more olive oil (or you can use a splash of broth if you want to cut back on extra calories) and it will be fine. I actually find that I prefer hummus without tahini, it makes for a lighter, cleaner taste.
posted on May 26, 2008 12:14 PM