Hummus from Scratch

Name: Hummus from Scratch
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 9 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 300g dried chickpeas, soaked overnight; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 150g quality tahini; juice of 2 lemons; 3 cloves garlic; 1 tsp salt; iced water as needed; olive oil, paprika and parsley to serve

Silky smooth Lebanese-style hummus made with dried chickpeas, tahini and lemon. Blending the chickpeas while they're still warm from cooking is what gets them properly silky — cold chickpeas never blend as smooth.

Total time

540 min

Prep

480 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Middle Eastern

veganvegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

300gdried chickpeas, soaked overnight

1 tspbicarbonate of soda

150gquality tahini

juice of 2lemons

3 clovesgarlic

1 tspsalt

iced wateras needed

olive oil, paprika and parsleyto serve

Instructions

Cook chickpeas with bicarb until very soft — 45–60 minutes. Reserve some cooking water.

Blend chickpeas while still warm until completely smooth.

Add tahini, lemon juice and garlic. Blend.

Stream in iced water until very silky and pale. Season.

Spread in a bowl, make a well, fill with olive oil.

Dust with paprika and scatter parsley.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

131

Protein

Fat

Carbs

22.6g

Fiber

6.2g

Sodium

821mg

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