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    <h1>Hummus</h1>
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<a href="#sec3">Preparing the Beans</a>
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<a href="#sec4">Bell Pepper</a>
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Ingredients</h2>

<p class="first">Yields around 3 ½ quarts</p>

<ul>
<li>1 cup dried chick peas (or two cans; if using cans, try to find &quot;no
salt added&quot; to avoid making things too salty)</li>
<li>1/4 cup liquid from chick peas (or vegetable stock)</li>
<li>8 cloves (one head) of <a href="Roasted%20Garlic.html">Roasted Garlic</a></li>
<li>Medium red bell pepper, roasted</li>
<li>2 tsp paprika</li>
<li>1 tbsp dried flaked maras biberi or aleppo pepper (recommended, but
not required)</li>
<li>1 tsp ground cumin</li>
<li>1/2 tsp table salt</li>
<li>5 tbsp (~1 lemon) fresh lemon juice</li>
<li>2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (if you can get your hands on it,
<a href="http://www.palestineoliveoil.org/">Holy Land</a> is great)</li>
<li>5 tbsp tahini</li>
</ul>


<h2><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
Directions</h2>

<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
Preparing the Beans</h3>

<p class="first">Just soak a cup of dried beans at least overnight in a couple of cups
of water. Drain them and throw them into a pot with enough water to
just more than cover them (an extra inch or so seems to be
good). Bring everything to a boil uncovered, and then cut the heat
back to simmer partially covered for about an hour or an hour and a
half (when the skins split easily they have a good texture).</p>

<p>When you drain them save the liquid and use that when blending the
hummus.</p>


<h3><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a>
Bell Pepper</h3>

<p class="first">Scorch the skin off of the bell pepper over flame or under a broiler
(optional &mdash; I leave the skins on and notice no difference), and then
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130527144021/http://www.ochef.com/158.htm">roast the pepper</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p class="quoted">To roast the pepper, put the cut pieces in a baking dish with a
little oil and pop it into a 400°F (205°C) oven, until the pieces
are tender and slightly browned, about 35 minutes.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Conveniently, this is the same temperature garlic is roasted at, so
you can roast both at the same time.</p>


<h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a>
And Now for the Actual Hummus</h3>

<ol>
<li>Prepare the beans (or open canned beans).</li>
<li>Add beans, roasted garlic, and chickpea water to food processor work
bowl; process for two minutes.</li>
<li>Add lemon juice; process for one minute</li>
<li>Add tahini, roasted bell pepper, salt, cumin, and paprika; process
for one minute.</li>
<li>Drizzle olive oil in while processing for three minutes.</li>
<li>Garnish if you desire (minced garlic, capers, coarsely ground
black pepper, and olive oil for example).</li>
<li>Take to a gathering of some sort.</li>
<li>Watch the hummus evaporate.</li>
</ol>


<h2><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a>
Notes</h2>

<p class="first">One time I decided to make hummus for folks and alas! I forgot to soak
beans the night before. My strange friend came to the rescue with the
equivalent amount of home prepared white beans and it was a good
substitute (slightly different flavor, but the spices here really
dominate). I used water from boiling dried tomatoes (slightly
different recipe) as there was no fresh chickpea water on hand and it
was delightful.</p>

<p>I've used cheap blenders, decent food processors, and a
super-expensive blender to make this. It comes out adequately with
most any equipment. You can just blend everything together at a
moderate speed until the consistency is whatever you consider
reasonably smooth, but processing in steps with a good food processor
results in a slightly better texture.</p>

<p>I've done this with and without removing the skins, and I personally
don't think it's worth the effort to remove the skins.</p>


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	18	<h1>Hummus</h1>
	19	<div class="contents">
	20	<dl>
	21	<dt>
	22	<a href="#sec1">Ingredients</a>
	23	</dt>
	24	<dt>
	25	<a href="#sec2">Directions</a>
	26	</dt>
	27	<dd>
	28	<dl>
	29	<dt>
	30	<a href="#sec3">Preparing the Beans</a>
	31	</dt>
	32	<dt>
3c59982c	33	<a href="#sec4">Bell Pepper</a>
3cb3fdfc	34	</dt>
	35	<dt>
	36	<a href="#sec5">And Now for the Actual Hummus</a>
	37	</dt>
	38	</dl>
	39	</dd>
	40	<dt>
	41	<a href="#sec6">Notes</a>
	42	</dt>
	43	</dl>
	44	</div>
	45
	46
e59991eb	47	<!-- Page published by Emacs Muse begins here --><h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a>
3cb3fdfc	48	Ingredients</h2>
3cb3fdfc	49
774ac582 CE	50	<p class="first">Yields around 3 ½ quarts</p>
774ac582 CE	51
3cb3fdfc	52	<ul>
98266870 CE	53	<li>1 cup dried chick peas (or two cans; if using cans, try to find "no
98266870 CE	54	salt added" to avoid making things too salty)</li>
3c59982c	55	<li>1/4 cup liquid from chick peas (or vegetable stock)</li>
98266870 CE	56	<li>8 cloves (one head) of <a href="Roasted%20Garlic.html">Roasted Garlic</a></li>
98266870 CE	57	<li>Medium red bell pepper, roasted</li>
3c59982c	58	<li>2 tsp paprika</li>
774ac582 CE	59	<li>1 tbsp dried flaked maras biberi or aleppo pepper (recommended, but
774ac582 CE	60	not required)</li>
98266870 CE	61	<li>1 tsp ground cumin</li>
	62	<li>1/2 tsp table salt</li>
	63	<li>5 tbsp (~1 lemon) fresh lemon juice</li>
	64	<li>2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (if you can get your hands on it,
	65	<a href="http://www.palestineoliveoil.org/">Holy Land</a> is great)</li>
3c59982c	66	<li>5 tbsp tahini</li>
3cb3fdfc	67	</ul>
	68
	69
	70	<h2><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
	71	Directions</h2>
	72
	73	<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
	74	Preparing the Beans</h3>
	75
	76	<p class="first">Just soak a cup of dried beans at least overnight in a couple of cups
3c59982c	77	of water. Drain them and throw them into a pot with enough water to
	78	just more than cover them (an extra inch or so seems to be
	79	good). Bring everything to a boil uncovered, and then cut the heat
	80	back to simmer partially covered for about an hour or an hour and a
	81	half (when the skins split easily they have a good texture).</p>
3cb3fdfc	82
	83	<p>When you drain them save the liquid and use that when blending the
	84	hummus.</p>
	85
	86
	87	<h3><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a>
3c59982c	88	Bell Pepper</h3>
3cb3fdfc	89
98266870 CE	90	<p class="first">Scorch the skin off of the bell pepper over flame or under a broiler
	91	(optional — I leave the skins on and notice no difference), and then
	92	<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130527144021/http://www.ochef.com/158.htm">roast the pepper</a>:</p>
3c59982c	93
	94	<blockquote>
	95	<p class="quoted">To roast the pepper, put the cut pieces in a baking dish with a
	96	little oil and pop it into a 400°F (205°C) oven, until the pieces
98266870	97	are tender and slightly browned, about 35 minutes.</p>
3c59982c	98	</blockquote>
3cb3fdfc	99
98266870 CE	100	<p>Conveniently, this is the same temperature garlic is roasted at, so
	101	you can roast both at the same time.</p>
	102
3cb3fdfc	103
	104	<h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a>
	105	And Now for the Actual Hummus</h3>
	106
	107	<ol>
11f9bd69 CE	108	<li>Prepare the beans (or open canned beans).</li>
	109	<li>Add beans, roasted garlic, and chickpea water to food processor work
	110	bowl; process for two minutes.</li>
98266870 CE	111	<li>Add lemon juice; process for one minute</li>
98266870 CE	112	<li>Add tahini, roasted bell pepper, salt, cumin, and paprika; process
11f9bd69	113	for one minute.</li>
98266870	114	<li>Drizzle olive oil in while processing for three minutes.</li>
11f9bd69 CE	115	<li>Garnish if you desire (minced garlic, capers, coarsely ground
11f9bd69 CE	116	black pepper, and olive oil for example).</li>
98266870 CE	117	<li>Take to a gathering of some sort.</li>
98266870 CE	118	<li>Watch the hummus evaporate.</li>
3cb3fdfc	119	</ol>
	120
	121
	122
	123	<h2><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a>
	124	Notes</h2>
	125
	126	<p class="first">One time I decided to make hummus for folks and alas! I forgot to soak
	127	beans the night before. My strange friend came to the rescue with the
	128	equivalent amount of home prepared white beans and it was a good
	129	substitute (slightly different flavor, but the spices here really
98266870 CE	130	dominate). I used water from boiling dried tomatoes (slightly
	131	different recipe) as there was no fresh chickpea water on hand and it
	132	was delightful.</p>
3cb3fdfc	133
3c59982c	134	<p>I've used cheap blenders, decent food processors, and a
11f9bd69 CE	135	super-expensive blender to make this. It comes out adequately with
	136	most any equipment. You can just blend everything together at a
	137	moderate speed until the consistency is whatever you consider
	138	reasonably smooth, but processing in steps with a good food processor
	139	results in a slightly better texture.</p>
	140
	141	<p>I've done this with and without removing the skins, and I personally
e59991eb	142	don't think it's worth the effort to remove the skins.</p>
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