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| 16 | <h1>Hummus</h1> |
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| 18 | <dl> |
| 19 | <dt> |
| 20 | <a href="#sec1">Ingredients</a> |
| 21 | </dt> |
| 22 | <dt> |
| 23 | <a href="#sec2">Directions</a> |
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| 25 | <dd> |
| 26 | <dl> |
| 27 | <dt> |
| 28 | <a href="#sec3">Preparing the Beans</a> |
| 29 | </dt> |
| 30 | <dt> |
| 31 | <a href="#sec4">Tomatoes</a> |
| 32 | </dt> |
| 33 | <dt> |
| 34 | <a href="#sec5">And Now for the Actual Hummus</a> |
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| 37 | </dd> |
| 38 | <dt> |
| 39 | <a href="#sec6">Notes</a> |
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| 46 | Ingredients</h2> |
| 47 | |
| 48 | <ul> |
| 49 | <li>1 cup dried chick peas</li> |
| 50 | <li>1/4 cup liquid from chick peas</li> |
| 51 | <li>6 cloves of <a href="Roasted%20Garlic.html">Roasted Garlic</a></li> |
| 52 | <li>2 sun dried tomatoes (dry; not stored in oil)</li> |
| 53 | <li>2 tsp smoked paprika</li> |
| 54 | <li>5 tbsp lemon juice (fresh if possible)</li> |
| 55 | <li>2 tbsp olive oil (middle eastern if possible; the cultivars taste |
| 56 | different!)</li> |
| 57 | <li>4 tbsp tahini</li> |
| 58 | <li>1/2 tsp kosher salt</li> |
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| 61 | |
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| 63 | Directions</h2> |
| 64 | |
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| 66 | Preparing the Beans</h3> |
| 67 | |
| 68 | <p class="first">Just soak a cup of dried beans at least overnight in a couple of cups |
| 69 | of water. Drain them and throw them into a pot with a dash of salt and |
| 70 | enough water to just more than cover them (an extra half an inch or so |
| 71 | seems to be good). Bring everything to a boil uncovered, and then cut |
| 72 | the heat back to simmer for about an hour or an hour and a half (when |
| 73 | the skins split easily they have a good texture).</p> |
| 74 | |
| 75 | <p>When you drain them save the liquid and use that when blending the |
| 76 | hummus.</p> |
| 77 | |
| 78 | |
| 79 | <h3><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a> |
| 80 | Tomatoes</h3> |
| 81 | |
| 82 | <p class="first">Boil the sun dried tomatoes in one cup of water with a dash of salt |
| 83 | for ten minutes, drain, and cut into a few pieces to make it blend |
| 84 | more easily. It adds an interesting flavor if you use a bit of the |
| 85 | leftover water instead of chickpea water (I just do a 50/50 split |
| 86 | usually).</p> |
| 87 | |
| 88 | |
| 89 | <h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a> |
| 90 | And Now for the Actual Hummus</h3> |
| 91 | |
| 92 | <ol> |
| 93 | <li>Prepare the beans (or be lame and use canned beans)</li> |
| 94 | <li>Throw everything together in a blender or food processor and blend |
| 95 | until it is smooth</li> |
| 96 | <li>Put whatever frilly garnish to make it look better on it if you must</li> |
| 97 | <li>Take to a gathering of some sort</li> |
| 98 | <li>Goodbye hummus</li> |
| 99 | </ol> |
| 100 | |
| 101 | |
| 102 | |
| 103 | <h2><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a> |
| 104 | Notes</h2> |
| 105 | |
| 106 | <p class="first">One time I decided to make hummus for folks and alas! I forgot to soak |
| 107 | beans the night before. My strange friend came to the rescue with the |
| 108 | equivalent amount of home prepared white beans and it was a good |
| 109 | substitute (slightly different flavor, but the spices here really |
| 110 | dominate). I used the water from boiling the dried tomatoes as there |
| 111 | was no fresh chickpea water on hand and it was delightful.</p> |
| 112 | |
| 113 | <p>I just use a blender to mix everything (use what you have eh). There's |
| 114 | no real need to use a fancy food processor if you don't have one; |
| 115 | anyone who thinks the texture is better from that is dumb and probably |
| 116 | just sucks at cooking the beans or is a pretentious jerk. Obviously if |
| 117 | you have a food processor you may as well use it because it's a bit |
| 118 | less annoying I'm told.</p> |
| 119 | |
| 120 | <p>When using a blender you have to use a spoon to mix it manually |
| 121 | occasionally whenever an air pocket forms over the blades. At least in |
| 122 | my blender getting everything into the initial paste requires blending |
| 123 | for a second, mixing the solid beans into the bean paste below it, and |
| 124 | repeating until it is all paste. Then I just blend it on a fairly low |
| 125 | speed stopping and popping air pockets whenever they form until |
| 126 | everything is consistent, and then throwing the blender up to full |
| 127 | throttle for a little bit to blend out the chunks.</p> |
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