Mrs Gs Garlic Cilantro Pine Nut Hummus Recipes

Steps:

• Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Toast pine nuts in skillet, stirring frequently, until fragrant and beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Blend chickpeas, reserved liquid, lemon juice, 1/4 cup olive oil, tahini, garlic, cumin, paprika, salt, and crushed peppercorns in a food processor until smooth. Stir toasted pine nuts into the puree. Drizzle olive oil over the hummus.

Steps:

• On a cutting board mince and mash the garlic to a paste with the salt.
• In a food processor puree the chick-peas with the garlic paste, the tahini, the lemon juice, the oil and water, scraping down the sides, until the hummus is smooth. Add water/oil, if necessary, to thin the hummus to the desired consistency.
• Add salt to taste.
• Add cumin and blend, taste and adjust if necessary.
• Add cilantro and process until chopped into mixture.
• Add toasted pine nuts and process until blended -- or you can just add them on top, whole, as garnish.
• Transfer the hummus to a bowl and serve.

Steps:

• On a cutting board mince and mash the garlic to a paste with the salt. In a food processor purée the chick-peas with the garlic paste, the tahini, the lemon juice, 1/4 cup of the oil, and 1/2 cup water, scraping down the sides, until the hummus is smooth and add salt to taste. Add water, if necessary, to thin the hummus to the desired consistency and transfer the hummus to a bowl. In the food processor, cleaned, purée the remaining 1/4 cup oil with the parsley until the oil is bright green and the parsley is minced transfer the parsley oil to a small jar. The hummus and the parsley oil may be made 3 days in advance and kept covered and chilled. Divide the hummus between shallow serving dishes and smooth the tops. Drizzle the hummus with the parsley oil and sprinkle it with the pine nuts. Serve the hummus with the pita.

Steps:

• Place garlic in food processor and finely chop.
• Place remaining ingredients (wet last) in the food processor with the garlic and process until mixture forms a paste.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• On a cutting board mince and mash the garlic to a paste with the salt.
• In a food processor puree the garbanzo/chickpeas with the garlic paste, the tahini, the lemon juice, the oil, and water, scraping down the sides, until the hummus is smooth. Add salt or more lemon juice to taste.
• Add water if necessary, to thin the hummus to the desired consistency (it should not be too thick).
• Add dashes of hot sauce, 1 cup coarsely chopped cilantro and 2 tablespoons pine nuts. Pulse the processor a few times to incorporate the nuts and cilantro.
• Taste, and adjust seasoning to your taste.
• Transfer hummus to a serving bowl, garnish with remaining whole pine nuts and chopped cilantro. Serve hummus with veggies, pita bread, naan etc.