Dips and Spreads Recipe « Joe's Hummus with Pine Nuts

Simple but great hummus recipe.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup pine nuts
• 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained with 1/4 cup of the liquid reserved
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• ¼ cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 ¼ teaspoons ground cumin
• ¼ teaspoon paprika
• 2 pinches salt
• ½ teaspoon crushed peppercorns

Cooking Directions

1. Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Toast pine nuts in skillet, stirring frequently, until fragrant and beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
2. 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories206.1
• carbohydrateContent14.5 g
• fatContent15.3 g
• fiberContent3 g
• proteinContent4.9 g
• saturatedFatContent2.1 g
• sodiumContent147.6 mg
• sugarContent0.5 g