Basil Hummus

Name: Basil Hummus
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 59 milliliters pine nuts; 473 milliliters sweet basil leaves, packed; 3 cloves garlic, smashed then minced; 850 grams garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed and drained; 59 milliliters extra virgin olive oil; 237 milliliters Up water; 79 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 dashe Several Tabasco; 1 teaspoon tomato paste

Basil Hummus might be just the middl eastern recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 3. One serving contains 500 calories, 16g of protein, and 31g of fat. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works best as a hor d'oeuvre, and is done in around 20 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan diet. Head to the store and pick up pine nuts, salt, tomato paste, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat the pine nuts in a small skillet on medium high heat. Stir them when they start to brown. When most of them have lightly browned, remove them from the pan into a bowl to cool. (Reserve a few pine nuts for garnish.)

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Pine Nuts

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Process ingredients in food processor: In the bowl of a food processor, place the basil leaves and the garlic. Pulse until finely chopped.

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Fresh Basil

Garlic

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Add the rinsed and drained garbanzo beans, most of the pine nuts, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, tomato paste, and a few dashes of Tabasco.

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Chickpeas

Tomato Paste

Lemon Juice

Olive Oil

Pine Nuts

Tabasco Sauce

Salt

Pulse several times, for several seconds each time, until the hummus is smooth.

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Hummus

Add more Tabasco and salt or lemon juice to taste.

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Lemon Juice

Tabasco Sauce

Salt

Add water to the point of desired consistency.

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Serve: To serve, place in a bowl and drizzle a little olive oil over it.

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Olive Oil

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Sprinkle with a few toasted pine nuts.

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Pine Nuts

Serve with pita wedges, crackers, or rustic bread.

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Italian Bread

Crackers

Pita

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Servings:

59milliliters

pine nuts 473milliliters

sweet basil leaves, packed 3cloves

garlic, smashed then minced 850grams

garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed and drained 59milliliters

extra virgin olive oil 237milliliters

Up water 79milliliters

fresh lemon juice 2teaspoons

salt 1dashe

Several Tabasco 1teaspoon

tomato paste

Recommended wine: Sparkling Rose, Sparkling Wine

Hummus on the menu? Try pairing with Sparkling rosé and Sparkling Wine. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. You could try Ca' Furlan Cuvee Mariana Sparkling rosé. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 12 dollars per bottle.