-* Ingredients
-
- - 1 cup dried chick peas
- - 1/4 cup liquid from chick peas
- - 6 cloves of [[Roasted Garlic]]
- - 2 sun dried tomatoes (dry; not stored in oil)
- - 2 tsp smoked paprika
- - 5 tbsp lemon juice (fresh if possible)
- - 2 tbsp olive oil (middle eastern if possible; the cultivars taste
- different!)
- - 4 tbsp tahini
- - 1/2 tsp kosher salt
-
-* Directions
-
-** Preparing the Beans
-
-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).
-
-When you drain them save the liquid and use that when blending the
-hummus.
-
-** Tomatoes
-
-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).
-
-** And Now for the Actual Hummus
-
- 1. Prepare the beans (or be lame and use canned beans)
- 2. Throw everything together in a blender or food processor and blend
- until it is smooth
- 3. Put whatever frilly garnish to make it look better on it if you must
- 4. Take to a gathering of some sort
- 5. Goodbye hummus
-
-* Notes
-
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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.
+* Ingredients
+
+ - 1 cup dried chick peas (or two cans; if using cans, try to find "no
+ salt added" to avoid making things too salty)
+ - 1/4 cup liquid from chick peas (or vegetable stock)
+ - 8 cloves (one head) of [[Roasted Garlic]]
+ - Medium red bell pepper, roasted
+ - 2 tsp paprika
+ - 1 tsp ground cumin
+ - 1/2 tsp table salt
+ - 5 tbsp (~1 lemon) fresh lemon juice
+ - 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (if you can get your hands on it,
+ [[http://www.palestineoliveoil.org/][Holy Land]] is great)
+ - 5 tbsp tahini
+
+* Directions
+
+** Preparing the Beans
+
+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).
+
+When you drain them save the liquid and use that when blending the
+hummus.
+
+** Bell Pepper
+
+Scorch the skin off of the bell pepper over flame or under a broiler
+(optional -- I leave the skins on and notice no difference), and then
+[[https://web.archive.org/web/20130527144021/http://www.ochef.com/158.htm][roast the pepper]]:
+
+ 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.
+
+Conveniently, this is the same temperature garlic is roasted at, so
+you can roast both at the same time.
+
+** And Now for the Actual Hummus
+
+ 1. Prepare the beans (or open canned beans).
+ 1. Add beans, roasted garlic, and chickpea water to food processor work
+ bowl; process for two minutes.
+ 1. Add lemon juice; process for one minute
+ 1. Add tahini, roasted bell pepper, salt, cumin, and paprika; process
+ for one minute.
+ 1. Drizzle olive oil in while processing for three minutes.
+ 1. Garnish if you desire (minced garlic, capers, coarsely ground
+ black pepper, and olive oil for example).
+ 1. Take to a gathering of some sort.
+ 1. Watch the hummus evaporate.
+
+* Notes
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+I've done this with and without removing the skins, and I personally
+don't think it's worth the effort.
+
+
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