Hummus With Parsely And Pine Nuts Recipes

JOE'S HUMMUS WITH PINE NUTS

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.

PARSLEY HUMMUS

Steps:

• (Optional step): If you want to take the time to do this, remove the papery outer shells of the cooked chickpeas by gently squeezing them between your thumb and first two fingers. Discard the shells.
• Turn on a food processor fitted with the steel blade and drop in the garlic. Process until the garlic adheres to the sides of the bowl. Turn off the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the chickpeas, parsley and salt to taste and process to a coarse purée. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Turn on the machine and add the lemon juice and olive oil with the machine running. Add the tahini and process until the hummus is smooth. It should not be too thick or dry. If it is, thin out as desired with yogurt or water, or with the broth from the chickpeas if you cooked them. Season to taste with salt. Scrape out into a bowl or mound on a platter. Run a fork over the surface and drizzle with olive oil if desired. Serve with crudités or pita bread.

HUMMUS WITH TOASTED PINE NUTS, CUMIN SEEDS AND PARSLEY OIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F; position rack in the middle of the oven.
• In a food processor or blender puree 1/4 cup parsley with 1/4 cup oil oil.
• Strain oil through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing hard on the solids;discard solids. Set aside.
• Toast pine nuts and cumin seeds in a small pan in the oven until golden brown (about 8 minutes); stir occasionally.
• Let cool.
• Combine 1/2 cup chickpeas with garlic in a food processor until garlic is finely minced.
• Add tahini, water, lemon juice, salt, remaining chick-peas, and remaining 1/2 cup olive oil and puree until smooth.
• Strip leaves from remaining parsley sprigs.
• Divide hummus between two shallow dishes and smooth tops.
• Drizzle with parsley oil and scatter parsley oil, pine nuts and cumins seeds over tops.
• Salt to taste and serve with pita toast.
• NOTE:.
• Hummus and parsley oil can be made up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated. Be sure to bring the oil to room temperature before using.

HUMMUS WITH TOASTED PINE NUTS, CUMIN SEEDS, AND PARSLEY OIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a blender or small food processor purée 1/4 cup parsley with 1/4 cup oil. Pour mixture through a fine sieve set over a bowl, pressing hard on solids, and discard solids.
• In a small baking pan toast pine nuts and cumin seeds, stirring occasionally, until nuts are golden, about 10 minutes.
• In a colander rinse and drain chick-peas and in a food processor purée 1/2 cup with garlic until garlic is finely minced. Add tahini, water, lemon juice, salt, remaining chick-peas, and remaining 1/2 cup olive oil and purée until smooth. Recipe may be prepared up to this point 3 days ahead. Keep hummus and parsley oil chilled, covered, and pine nuts and cumin seeds in an airtight container at room temperature. Bring parsley oil to room temperature before using.
• Strip leaves from additional parsley sprigs. Divide hummus between 2 shallow dishes and smooth tops. Drizzle hummus with parsley oil and sprinkle with parsley, pine nuts, and cumin seeds.
• Serve hummus with pita toasts.

HUMMUS

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.

PINE NUT HUMMUS

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.