Freaky Friday Roasted Garlic Hummus – Sarah’S Way

I receive got something to tell you.

I receive got a weblog daughter. Well … I receive got an adopted weblog daughter. I’m non certain why I’ve never told yous this but idea it was fourth dimension to formally innovate her. Sarah Pember is a bright, funny, smart, creative, energetic, lovely, cute as well as incredible weblog daughter. No I’ve never genuinely met Sarah but I adopted her merely the same.  Sarah is a full-time, real-life Foodie writing fascinating daily posts nigh her culinary adventures at The Smart Kitchen.

What does beingness a weblog immature lady genuinely mean?  It agency nosotros e-mail from fourth dimension to fourth dimension as well as comment on weblog posts occasionally.  It too agency she gets fudge at Christmas and is invited to see if she ever comes to our business office of the world.  Sarah lives inwards Texas, I alive inwards Virginia.  I’m hither for yous Sarah – merely maxim – that’s what weblog mom’s do.

 We latterly exchanged emails discussing recipes as well as my wishing to brand homemade hummus. Sarah is the hummus queen as well as kindly wrote footstep yesteryear footstep instructions for me as well as then I could successfully weblog nigh my chickpea experience. Since Sarah is a onetime schoolhouse instructor as well as seems to know what she’s doing, I followed her instructions to the LETTER!

Sarah has dedicated the entire calendar month of September to her Culinary Bucket List on The Smart Kitchen.  She suggested that nosotros do a Freaky Fri switch today where I blog her hummus recipe as well as she posts her starting fourth dimension roasted chicken according to my recipe.  Be certain to LINK on over as well as cheque out her roasted chicken today!

Take it away Sarah!

How to Make Hummus

(Without Getting Crazy)

1. Obtain a tin sack of garbanzo beans, too known equally chickpeas. You tin sack start amongst dried chickpeas if yous genuinely wishing to live an overachiever, but Alton Brown says that starting amongst dried garbanzos is genuinely the grade of practiced falafel. He never said anything nigh hummus. And Alton Brown knows everything.

I should receive got a minute to address the resultant of “Can it live hummus without garbanzo beans?” As hummus agency garbanzo bean, my gut tells me NO. People volition disagree. [I, inwards fact, had a 10-minute struggle amongst a coworker nigh this.] I beloved a practiced white edible bean equally much equally the adjacent immature lady (at to the lowest degree ane without GI issues) but if yous purpose a unlike bean…call it edible bean dip.

“But Sarah, tin sack it live hummus without tahini?” Be still, lilliputian one. We’ll larn to that.

I gathered my mystery handbasket ingredients together including canned Garbanzo Beans, olive oil, tahini, cumin, paprika, garlic as well as lemon.

2. Open your aforementioned tin sack of chickpeas (which I am inclined to remember is much to a greater extent than fun to tell than garbanzo beans, but whatsoever discussion amongst a ‘z’ inwards it yesteryear nature is enticing for its potential purpose inwards Scrabble, as well as then it’s practiced to hand off “garbanzo” around equally well), rinse them as well as drain them. [Please brand certain yous receive got pose them inwards some classify of colander prior to attempting this. You laugh, but clear directions are crucial.]

Check as well as check!

2a. If yous wishing to live an overachiever (which agency you’ve at ane time got 1 1/2 cups of previously dried chickpeas that yous soaked yourself overnight), you’ll wishing to ‘shell’ the garbanzo beans, removing their lilliputian skin. Have I ever done this? Think genuinely difficult nigh THAT ane as well as you’ll know the answer. Have I been tempted to? Of course. It sounds similar a dandy way to distract me from wanted to munch on random nutrient spell watching TV. [It’s too supposed to brand your hummus real creamy.]

 When Sarah wrote “if yous wishing to live an overachiever” I knew I had to give this a try!  I never idea to take the peel but enjoyed developing a technique to classify of squish the beans into the nutrient processor spell hanging on to the skin.  I did non wishing to live a slacker hither as well as beloved a challenge.  The skins remind me a shrimp shells.  Who knew???

3. Into the nutrient processor locomote the beans! Then, add together lemon juice, salt, 2-3 cloves of garlic (minced) [if you’re fancy [slash] doing the “overachieving thing” as well as receive got roasted garlic, well…PLEASE purpose that]. H5N1 lilliputian paprika or cumin added hither tin sack live quite nice…just for a lilliputian extra exceptional spice.

I receive got the naked chickpeas inwards the nutrient processor.   They await similar tiny butts!

First I added the juice of 1/2 a lemon.  I wasn’t certain how much to add together but ended upwards juicing the whole lemon.  The tart lemon flavor genuinely added a lot to the hummus.

I used a lilliputian tabular array salt as well as pepper but added to a greater extent than tabular array salt afterward tasting at the end. 

I would approximate nigh 1/2 teaspoon to start.

Sarah threw downward the gauntlet over again nigh beingness an overachiever.  While I was skinning the chickpeas, I placed iv cloves of garlic inwards a pocket-size oven rubber dish, added a lilliputian tabular array salt as well as olive stone oil as well as roasted the garlic covered amongst foil at 425 degrees for nigh xv minutes.  I ever similar doing the extra-credit locomote 🙂

4. The tahini inquiry must at ane time live faced: Ta-hini or NOT Ta-hini? I’ve exclusively genuinely used tahini ane time or twice, to a greater extent than frequently than non because it’s a costly component that, unless yous tin sack detect it pre-packed inwards the mass department of your local grocery store, mightiness non live a practiced investment. [You’d remember amongst the amount of hummus I brand I would receive got figured out that it’s likely a practiced investment.] I must say, I receive got locomote a tahini convert. I don’t purpose much–1 or ii Tbsp–but people are right, “It tastes to a greater extent than similar hummus!” when yous purpose it.

I decided to do the tahini!

5. After all of those flavorings, procedure away! Scrape the sides ane time or twice [make certain the nutrient processor is turned off] as well as hand off going until everything is pretty good incorporated.

I added the cumin, paprika, roasted garlic and the tahini.

 Processing ….

scraping as well as processing.

6. Now comes the stone oil issue. Some people similar REALLY shine hummus. Some similar it chunky. I autumn into the “club of chubs” as well as a thick, chunky hummus is fine amongst me. However, having latterly played around amongst drizzling inwards merely a lilliputian olive stone oil spell the processor is running, I must say…I form of similar it. Just brand certain yous locomote slow on it at first…you however wishing to gustatory modality the chickpeas.

I similar olive stone oil as well as I similar creamy as well as then I drizzled inwards about 2 tablespoons good lineament extra virgin olive oil.

 Creamy, smooth, as well as yummy!  I gave it a gustatory modality as well as added a fleck to a greater extent than salt, paprika as well as cumin.

 Sarah too mentioned that I tin sack play around amongst the flavors as well as then I added a few shakes of hot sauce and believe it was close perfect!

 Hummus tin sack live served amongst vegetables, equally a spread on a sandwich or amongst chips equally a dip!

That’s pretty much it. I mean, ane time you’ve mastered the basic recipe yous tin sack mess around as well as larn crazy amongst your seasoning as well as additions as well as flavored hummi [plural grade of hummus…maybe]. Good luck…and may garbanzo live amongst you.


Sarah Pemberhttp://thesmartkitchenblog.com

This was such fun. I guarantee I’ll live starting fourth dimension inwards business if Sarah ever writes a cookbook. Her recipes are healthy, fun, slow as well as tasty, spiced amongst a fleck of her wonderful humor!

Thanks as well as then much for stopping by!  I promise yous all receive got a terrific vacation weekend as well as come upwards dorsum to come across the sinful pie I receive got planned to gear upwards up for you.  It’s a Crisco competitor winner as well as I’m excited to come across how it turns out.

Thanks over again Sarah – I LOVE the hummus as well as the Freaky Fri telephone commutation was a blast!  Hope your roasted chicken was everything yous hoped for as well as more!

Tricia

 

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