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ba5275a0 | 1 | * Ingredients |
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1b515ef3 | 3 | Yields around one quart |
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5 | - 1 cup dried chick peas (or two cans; if using cans, try to find "no |
6 | salt added" to avoid making things too salty) | |
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7 | - 1/2 cup liquid from chick peas |
8 | - One head (~8 cloves) of [[Roasted Garlic]] | |
886477c7 | 9 | - Medium red bell pepper, roasted |
09816bb9 | 10 | - 2 tsp paprika |
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11 | - 1 tbsp dried flaked maras biberi or aleppo pepper (recommended, but |
12 | not required) | |
eb66f7bf | 13 | - 1 tbsp ground cumin |
3c404127 | 14 | - 1 tsp fine grained sea salt |
886477c7 | 15 | - 5 tbsp (~1 lemon) fresh lemon juice |
3c404127 | 16 | - 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (if you can get your hands on it, |
886477c7 | 17 | [[http://www.palestineoliveoil.org/][Holy Land]] is great) |
09816bb9 | 18 | - 5 tbsp tahini |
ba5275a0 | 19 | |
20 | * Directions | |
21 | ||
22 | ** Preparing the Beans | |
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24 | Just soak a cup of dried beans at least overnight in a couple of cups | |
09816bb9 | 25 | of water. Drain them and throw them into a pot with enough water to |
26 | just more than cover them (an extra inch or so seems to be | |
27 | good). Bring everything to a boil uncovered, and then cut the heat | |
28 | back to simmer partially covered for about an hour or an hour and a | |
29 | half (when the skins split easily they have a good texture). | |
ba5275a0 | 30 | |
31 | When you drain them save the liquid and use that when blending the | |
32 | hummus. | |
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09816bb9 | 34 | ** Bell Pepper |
ba5275a0 | 35 | |
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36 | Scorch the skin off of the bell pepper over flame or under a broiler |
37 | (optional -- I leave the skins on and notice no difference), and then | |
38 | [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130527144021/http://www.ochef.com/158.htm][roast the pepper]]: | |
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40 | To roast the pepper, put the cut pieces in a baking dish with |
41 | about two tablespoons of oil and pop it into a 400°F (205°C) oven, | |
42 | stirring every 15 minutes, until the pieces are tender and | |
43 | slightly blackened on the edges, about 45 minutes. | |
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44 | |
45 | Conveniently, this is the same temperature garlic is roasted at, so | |
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46 | you can roast both at the same time. I like mine a little blackened on |
47 | the edges, but you don't want to go *too* far, as bell pepper can pass | |
48 | from roasted with just a touch of char to burnt and sad pretty easily. | |
ba5275a0 | 49 | |
50 | ** And Now for the Actual Hummus | |
51 | ||
9245be70 | 52 | 1. Prepare the beans (or open canned beans). |
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53 | 1. Mix lemon juice and chickpea water |
54 | 1. Whisk tahini and olive oil together | |
55 | 1. Add beans, roasted garlic, roasted pepper, and spices to food | |
56 | processor work bowl; process for around 15 seconds | |
57 | 1. Process for 60 seconds while drizzling in chickpea water and lemon | |
58 | juice mixture | |
59 | 1. Process additional 60 seconds | |
60 | 1. Process for two minutes, drizzling in olive oil and tahini mixture | |
61 | 1. Process additional three minutes | |
9245be70 | 62 | 1. Garnish if you desire (minced garlic, capers, coarsely ground |
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63 | black pepper, and olive oil with a whole olive or three in the |
64 | center for example). | |
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65 | 1. Take to a gathering of some sort. |
66 | 1. Watch the hummus evaporate. | |
ba5275a0 | 67 | |
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68 | Scrape sides of work bowl between processing runs if needed. |
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ba5275a0 | 70 | * Notes |
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72 | One time I decided to make hummus for folks and alas! I forgot to soak | |
73 | beans the night before. My strange friend came to the rescue with the | |
74 | equivalent amount of home prepared white beans and it was a good | |
75 | substitute (slightly different flavor, but the spices here really | |
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76 | dominate). I used water from boiling dried tomatoes (slightly |
77 | different recipe) as there was no fresh chickpea water on hand and it | |
78 | was delightful. | |
ba5275a0 | 79 | |
09816bb9 | 80 | I've used cheap blenders, decent food processors, and a |
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81 | super-expensive blender to make this. It comes out adequately with |
82 | most any equipment. You can just blend everything together at a | |
83 | moderate speed until the consistency is whatever you consider | |
84 | reasonably smooth, but processing in steps with a good food processor | |
85 | results in a slightly better texture. | |
86 | ||
87 | I've done this with and without removing the skins, and I personally | |
7f97690d | 88 | don't think it's worth the effort to remove the skins. |
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