Hummus.muse

   1 * Ingredients
   2
   3  - 1 cup dried chick peas
   4  - 1/4 cup liquid from chick peas
   5  - 6 cloves of [[Roasted Garlic]]
   6  - 2 sun dried tomatoes (dry; not stored in oil)
   7  - 2 tsp smoked paprika
   8  - 5 tbsp lemon juice (fresh if possible)
   9  - 2 tbsp olive oil (middle eastern if possible; the cultivars taste
  10    different!)
  11  - 4 tbsp tahini
  12  - 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  13
  14 * Directions
  15
  16 ** Preparing the Beans
  17
  18 Just soak a cup of dried beans at least overnight in a couple of cups
  19 of water. Drain them and throw them into a pot with a dash of salt and
  20 enough water to just more than cover them (an extra half an inch or so
  21 seems to be good). Bring everything to a boil uncovered, and then cut
  22 the heat back to simmer for about an hour or an hour and a half (when
  23 the skins split easily they have a good texture).
  24
  25 When you drain them save the liquid and use that when blending the
  26 hummus.
  27
  28 ** Tomatoes
  29
  30 Boil the sun dried tomatoes in one cup of water with a dash of salt
  31 for ten minutes, drain, and cut into a few pieces to make it blend
  32 more easily. It adds an interesting flavor if you use a bit of the
  33 leftover water instead of chickpea water (I just do a 50/50 split
  34 usually).
  35
  36 ** And Now for the Actual Hummus
  37
  38  1. Prepare the beans (or be lame and use canned beans)
  39  2. Throw everything together in a blender or food processor and blend
  40     until it is smooth
  41  3. Put whatever frilly garnish to make it look better on it if you must
  42  4. Take to a gathering of some sort
  43  5. Goodbye hummus
  44
  45 * Notes
  46
  47 One time I decided to make hummus for folks and alas! I forgot to soak
  48 beans the night before. My strange friend came to the rescue with the
  49 equivalent amount of home prepared white beans and it was a good
  50 substitute (slightly different flavor, but the spices here really
  51 dominate). I used the water from boiling the dried tomatoes as there
  52 was no fresh chickpea water on hand and it was delightful.
  53
  54 I just use a blender to mix everything (use what you have eh). There's
  55 no real need to use a fancy food processor if you don't have one;
  56 anyone who thinks the texture is better from that is dumb and probably
  57 just sucks at cooking the beans or is a pretentious jerk. Obviously if
  58 you have a food processor you may as well use it because it's a bit
  59 less annoying I'm told.
  60
  61 When using a blender you have to use a spoon to mix it manually
  62 occasionally whenever an air pocket forms over the blades. At least in
  63 my blender getting everything into the initial paste requires blending
  64 for a second, mixing the solid beans into the bean paste below it, and
  65 repeating until it is all paste. Then I just blend it on a fairly low
  66 speed stopping and popping air pockets whenever they form until
  67 everything is consistent, and then throwing the blender up to full
  68 throttle for a little bit to blend out the chunks.