Never again buy those expensive tubs of hummus in the supermarket! This recipe for Quick and Easy Hummus is made in seconds from store cupboard ingredients. Fluffy, tangy, tasty.
Prep Time 5 minutesmins
Total Time 5 minutesmins
Serves 4
Ingredients
400gtin of chickpeasdrained and liquid reserved
2-3Tbspsesame seeds
Juice of 1 lemon ca. 40-50ml
1clovegarlicpeeled and chopped
½tspground cumin
½tspsea salt
1-2Tbspgood quality olive oil
optional:
Black sesame seedspul biber, sumac for decoration
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Instructions
Reserve one tablespoon of chickpeas for decoration, then place the remaining chickpeas, sesame seeds, lemon juice, garlic, cumin and salt in the bowl of a food processor with the blade attachment fitted and process to a rough paste.
Use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add 50ml of the reserved chickpea liquid and process 2-3 minutes until smooth, scraping down the sides if necessary. You can add up to 50 ml more chickpea liquid if necessary until the desired consistency is reached.
Taste the hummus and adjust the salt and lemon juice to taste, then spread over a small plate with the back of a spoon, creating a few small dips to hold the olive oil.
Spoon over the remaining chickpeas, then carefully drizzle over the olive oil to create some small lakes of oil on the hummus. Sprinkle over the black sesame seeds, pul biber and sumac (if using) and serve with chopped vegetables, Crunchy Toasted Flatbreads (see bonus recipe) olives and other nibbles.
Notes
BONUS RECIPE: Crunchy Toasted Flatbreads
2 thin pita or flatbreads
1 egg white, beaten with 1 Tbsp water
Sesame, poppy or linseed, spread on a plate
Heat the oven to 200°C / 400°F / Gas 6 and line a tray with baking paper.Cut the pita breads into bite-sized triangles, then brush with egg white on one side only. Dip each flatbread into the sears, then place on the prepared tray.Bake in the oven until beginning to brown at the tips, 5-6 minutes only. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the tray for 5-10 minutes before serving.