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    <h1>Hummus</h1>
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<a href="#sec2">Directions</a>
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<a href="#sec3">Preparing the Beans</a>
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<a href="#sec4">Tomatoes</a>
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<a href="#sec5">And Now for the Actual Hummus</a>
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Ingredients</h2>

<ul>
<li>1 cup dried chick peas</li>
<li>1/4 cup liquid from chick peas</li>
<li>6 cloves of <a href="Roasted%20Garlic.html">Roasted Garlic</a></li>
<li>2 sun dried tomatoes (dry; not stored in oil)</li>
<li>2 tsp smoked paprika</li>
<li>5 tbsp lemon juice (fresh if possible)</li>
<li>2 tbsp olive oil (middle eastern if possible; the cultivars taste
different!)</li>
<li>4 tbsp tahini</li>
<li>1/2 tsp kosher salt</li>
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<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 a dash of salt and
enough water to just more than cover them (an extra half an inch or so
seems to be good). Bring everything to a boil uncovered, and then cut
the heat back to simmer 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>
Tomatoes</h3>

<p class="first">Boil the sun dried tomatoes in one cup of water with a dash of salt
for ten minutes, drain, and cut into a few pieces to make it blend
more easily. It adds an interesting flavor if you use a bit of the
leftover water instead of chickpea water (I just do a 50/50 split
usually).</p>


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

<ol>
<li>Prepare the beans (or be lame and use canned beans)</li>
<li>Throw everything together in a blender or food processor and blend
until it is smooth</li>
<li>Put whatever frilly garnish to make it look better on it if you must</li>
<li>Take to a gathering of some sort</li>
<li>Goodbye hummus</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 the water from boiling the dried tomatoes as there
was no fresh chickpea water on hand and it was delightful.</p>

<p>I just use a blender to mix everything (use what you have eh). There's
no real need to use a fancy food processor if you don't have one;
anyone who thinks the texture is better from that is dumb and probably
just sucks at cooking the beans or is a pretentious jerk. Obviously if
you have a food processor you may as well use it because it's a bit
less annoying I'm told.</p>

<p>When using a blender you have to use a spoon to mix it manually
occasionally whenever an air pocket forms over the blades. At least in
my blender getting everything into the initial paste requires blending
for a second, mixing the solid beans into the bean paste below it, and
repeating until it is all paste. Then I just blend it on a fairly low
speed stopping and popping air pockets whenever they form until
everything is consistent, and then throwing the blender up to full
throttle for a little bit to blend out the chunks.</p>


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	16	<h1>Hummus</h1>
	17	<div class="contents">
	18	<dl>
	19	<dt>
	20	<a href="#sec1">Ingredients</a>
	21	</dt>
	22	<dt>
	23	<a href="#sec2">Directions</a>
	24	</dt>
	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>
	35	</dt>
	36	</dl>
	37	</dd>
	38	<dt>
	39	<a href="#sec6">Notes</a>
	40	</dt>
	41	</dl>
	42	</div>
	43
	44
	45	<!-- Page published by Emacs Muse begins here --><h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a>
	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>
	59	</ul>
	60
	61
	62	<h2><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
	63	Directions</h2>
	64
65	<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
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>
128
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