Cooks Illustrated Restaurant Style Hummus Recipes

Steps:

• Place garbanzo beans, 1 1/2 tablespoon reserved aquafaba, and lemon juice in a food processor. Let soak until flavors combine, about 15 minutes.
• Pulse soaked garbanzo beans until roughly chopped. Add tahini, olive oil, garlic, cayenne, sugar, salt, and black pepper; blend, thinning with reserved aquafaba, until hummus is smooth and reaches desired consistency.

Steps:

• 1 Combine lemon juice and water in a small bowl or measuring cup. 2 Whisk together tahini and 2 tablespoons oil in second small bowl or measuring cup. 3 Set aside 2 tablespoons chickpeas for garnish. 4 Process remaining chickpeas, garlic, salt, cumin, and cayenne in food processor until almost fully ground, about 15 seconds. 5 With machine running, add lemon juice-water mixture in steady stream through feed tube. 6 Scrape down bowl and continue to process for 1 minute. 7 With machine running, add oil-tahini mixture in steady stream through feed tube and continue to process until hummus is smooth and creamy (about 15 seconds, scraping down bowl as needed). 8 Transfer hummus to serving bowl and sprinkle with reserved chickpeas and cilantro over surface. 9 Cover with plastic wrap and let stand until flavors meld, at least 30 minutes. 10 Drizzle with olive oil and serve.