Hummus with Forty Cloves
Hummus with Forty Cloves is full-bodied but surprisingly mellow. This appetizer is guaranteed to be the hit of your next party!
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 15 ounces canned chickpeas, (garbanzo beans)
- 40 cloves garlic, or 4 bulbs of fresh garlic, roasted (directions below)
- 4 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, (1 large lemon)
- 2 Tbsp roasted garlic olive oil, plus more for garnish
- 1/4 cup tahini
- salt
garnish
- 4 roasted garlic cloves
- fresh thyme leaves
Instructions
- If you are roasting your own garlic, preheat the oven to 350°F.
- To roast garlic: Slice the tip end off of each bulb of garlic. Set the bulbs cut side up in a small baking dish or on a piece of foil. Brush or drizzle with the garlic olive oil. Cover loosely with foil and roast for 60-70 minutes, or until soft and caramelized. Set aside to cool. When cool, pinch out the cloves by squeezing from the bottom of the head with your fingers, they'll pop right out.
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas really well. Put in a food processor along with forty cloves of garlic --- count 'em!
- Puree for several minutes, scraping down the sides of the machine often, until the mixture is smooth.
- Add the lemon juice and garlic olive oil, and continue to puree, scraping down the sides often.
- Add in the tahini and salt and blend well. Finally, add 1/4 cup cold water and give it a final few pulses. Taste the hummus to adjust any of the ingredients.
- Turn the hummus into a serving dish, smoothing it out with the back of a spoon.
- Just before serving garnish with a few more garlic cloves, a drizzle of Roasted Garlic Oil and some fresh thyme leaves.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 · Calories: 119 kcal · Carbohydrates: 12 g · Protein: 4 g · Fat: 7 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g · Sodium: 123 mg · Potassium: 148 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 0.3 g · Vitamin A: 12 IU · Vitamin C: 7 mg · Calcium: 48 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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