Hummus
Ingredients:1 can of chickpeas (mine was 540ml, which is approx 18 oz)
5 tablespoons of lemon juice
2 tablespoons of tahini
3 cloves of garlic
dash of salt
3 tablespoons of olive oil
dash of cayenne pepper
Method:
Drain chickpeas. Put everything in the food processor. Process. Serve with pita or bread or crackers or whatever you like!
Thoughts: Well, I think I either put too much lemon juice or too much garlic as there is a slight 'sour' or 'sharp' tinge to the flavour. Pretty good otherwise. I think I may have used too much tahini too, as it smells quite 'peanutty' (which is strange at tahini is seasame paste)...
I think next time I'll go directly from a recipe given to me and will try alter the measurements to fit the 'full can' as opposed to 2/3 cup of chickpeas it currently calls for.
Too much lemon, not enough garlic!
ReplyDeleteTo remove the sharpness of the garlic, try roasting it first. It mellows out the spice and just makes things all around better. I've also added fried red onions to hummus before, and as you'll recall, the result was awesome. If you come by this Christmas, we'll have to try and repeat the result.
That's funny, I had that idea last night and was telling Mum about it (asking how to roast garlic) before I saw your post!
ReplyDeletethis was very garlicy, but stingy garlicy, like the garlic bread of doom... so roasting might be a way to smooth it out.