Garlic Hummus Pasta Recipes

GARLIC HUMMUS

Steps:

• Combine garbanzo beans, garlic, lemon juice, tahini, water, olive oil, and salt in the bowl of a food processor; process until smooth.

GARLIC AND HERB HUMMUS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Boil the garbanzo beans until the skins come off. Remove the skins, drain.
• Combine all ingredients in a food processor.
• Blend until smooth adding small amounts of oil and water until desired consistency is achieved.
• Add more lemon or tahini if needed.
• Garnish with pine nuts and more oil!
• Eat with fresh vegetables or pita chips.
• Enjoy!

GARLIC HUMMUS

Steps:

• Combine all but the last 2 ingredients in a food processor until smooth.
• Stir in the tahini and garlic.
• Chill in the refrigerator and serve with pita triangles, veggies, crackers, or on a sandwich. Enjoy!

ROASTED-GARLIC HUMMUS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place garlic cloves on a small piece of foil, and lightly drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Seal foil to form a pouch, and roast garlic in oven until soft, about 20 minutes. Remove the garlic from the oven, and allow garlic to cool slightly; peel and transfer to the bowl of a food processor. Add the chickpeas, and process until finely chopped.
• Add lemon juice, sesame tahini, water, salt, cayenne pepper, and 1 tablespoon olive oil, and process until the texture is light and fluffy but not entirely smooth, about 2 minutes. Stir in chives, and transfer to a serving bowl. Serve with assorted crudites, if desired.

VEGGIE HUMMUS PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Boil the kettle. Tip half the chickpeas into a food processor, add roughly half the reserved liquid from the can (the liquid should come to just below the level of the chickpeas in the blender), the tahini, olive oil, garlic, lemon zest and juice and some seasoning. Blitz until you have a smooth, loose hummus. Check for seasoning.
• Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Drain, reserving a mugful of the cooking water, and rinse the under cold running water for a few seconds until cool.
• Toss the cooked pasta, spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, the rest of the chickpeas and the hummus dressing together in a large bowl until everything is well-coated. Add a splash of the reserved pasta cooking water if the dressing is too thick. Will keep covered and chilled for up to 6 hrs, or in an airtight container in a cool bag for 2 hrs. Add a splash of water to loosen the dressing again before serving.

ROASTED GARLIC HUMMUS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Slice the top off each head of garlic. Drizzle the cut ends with 1 tablespoon olive oil and wrap in foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Remove and let sit until cool enough to handle. Turn on the broiler.
• Reserve liquid from chickpeas. Rinse and drain chickpeas; transfer to a blender.
• Add 1/2 of the reserved chickpea liquid to the blender with lemon juice and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Squeeze in roasted garlic from 2 of the heads. Blend until creamy, adding more chickpea liquid if needed.
• Split pita rounds and cut into quarters. Place on a baking sheet.
• Place under the preheated broiler until crisp, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Place hummus into a bowl. Make a well in the center and squeeze roasted garlic from the remaining head into the well. Sprinkle with paprika. Serve with pitas.

GARLIC HUMMUS PASTA

Steps:

• Soak garbanzo beans for six hours or overnight.
• Rinse garbanzo beans and place them in the pot with 3 cups of water.
• Bring to boil for an hour or until fork tender.
• Drain beans, reserve the cooking water and rinse with cool water, set aside.
• Place sesame seeds and olive oil in food processor and combine.
• Add beans and spices and blend until combined.
• Add Back reserved cooking water until the hummus is as creamy as you like.
• While cooking beans also cook you pasta according to the package directions.
• Drain and immediately return to the hot kettle.
• Stir in one cup of prepared hummus.until pasta is well coated.
• Gently stir in remaining ingredients.
• Salt and pepper to taste and enjoy!