Spicy Hummus Quick Chickpea Spread Food

SPICY HUMMUS: QUICK CHICKPEA SPREAD (RACHEL RAY)

Steps:

• Combine beans, tahini, oil, pepper flakes, cumin, coriander, garlic, salt, and lemon juice in food processor bowl and grind into a smooth paste.
• Transfer to a small dip dish and surround spread with warm pita wedges.
• This recipe makes a great appetizer, or anytime snack.

HUMMUS FOR REAL

Steps:

• Place the chickpeas, garlic, and kosher salt in the bowl of a food processor. Process for 15 to 20 seconds. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and process for another 15 to 20 seconds. Add the lemon juice and water. Process for 20 seconds. Add the tahini. Process for 20 seconds, then scrape down the sides of the bowl. With the processor running, drizzle in the olive oil.
• To serve, transfer the hummus to a bowl and drizzle with additional olive oil and sprinkle with sumac, to taste, if desired.
• Place the water, chickpeas, and baking soda in a 2 1/2-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on high heat for 4 hours, or on low heat for 8 to 9 hours, or until tender. Drain and serve immediately, or use in desired dish.

CHOCOLATE CHICKPEA SPREAD

Steps:

• As with all hummus, this spread couldn't be easier; Just throw everything but the water into your food processor or blender, and thoroughly puree, scraping down the sides of the bowl to get everything incorporated as needed. With the motor running, slowly drizzle in the water, until you reach your desired consistency. Spread at will!

SPICY TOMATO SPREAD

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a food processor. Pulse until it forms an almost paste like consistency but do not let mixture become liquid.
• Spoon into a serving dish and serve with warm bread.

HUMMUS SPREAD

Steps:

• For the beans: Rinse beans and pick over.
• place in a large pot, cover by at-least 2" with water (if you have hard water toss in a pinch of baking soda) Bring to a boil for 2 minutes, turn off stove and let them sit until cooled to room temperature.
• About 2 hours.
• Drain beans and rinse.
• Rinse out pot and return beans, again, cover with water, add garlic and bay leaf, bring to a boil, reduce to simmer Cook until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Drain and cool.
• For the Tahini: Place sesame seeds and sesame oil in the food processor, grind until it's formed a paste.
• If it seems dry add some of the olive oil.
• For the Hummus: Add garlic to the hummus and pulse until finely chopped.
• Add beans and turn on processor, drizzle olive oil into processor, allow to run until desired consistency is reached.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and pulse until mixed.
• Optional: You can replace some of the olive oil with a bit of reduced fat sour cream to attain the desired creaminess without as much fat.

HUMMUS

Steps:

• Put the chickpeas, tahini, cumin or paprika, oil, garlic and lemon juice in a food processor, sprinkle with salt and pepper and begin to process; add chickpea-cooking liquid or water as needed to produce a smooth purée.
• Taste and adjust seasoning, adding more salt, pepper or lemon juice as needed. Serve, drizzled with some olive oil and sprinkled with a bit of cumin or paprika and some parsley.

SPICY CHICKPEA DIP (HUMMUS)

Steps:

• Place the garlic, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, and salt in a food processor or blender and puree until the garlic is finely chopped (if preparing by hand, finely dice and mash the garlic, then mix with the other ingredients).
• Add the chickpeas and continue mixing to a smooth paste.
• Garnish with the cayenne pepper.
• Served at room temperature or chilled.