Hummous recipes please

zippychick

I would have said natural yoghurt

Let us know what works and ill merge this with the hummous thread later

Zip

BitterAndTwisted

Olive oil every time. The best quality you have to hand.

midnightraven3

i too would use olive oil, lemon juice changes the flavour too much for my tastes, and teh olive oil give it a creaminess

olliesmummy06

As the title says really. I have recently started to enjoy humous but my word it can be expensive. I really enjoy the flavoured ones and wondered if anyone has any good recipes i could use?

I have had a look and found some recipes but some say to use tahini and some not....which is best?

Many thanks in advance.xx

Pink.

Hi olliesmummy,

There are lots of recipes and advice in these threads that should help:

Hummous recipes please

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the recipes together.

Pink

olliesmummy06

Oh fab, thank you Pink-winged. I did search but couldn't find anything....must brush up on my searching skills in this forum. Thanks again.

xxvickixx

I kind of throw it all in and taste and adapt but approx:
tin chickpeas
tablespoon sesame seeds
glug olive oil
salt
lemon juice
about 1/2 clove garlic


if the mix is too dry i add a bit more oil, add salt to taste, add lemon juice to taste. I sometimes add coriander if I have it but I prefer to use sesame seeds to it that tahini as I find it gives a bit more "bite". If you like it more creamy you can add a bit of yoghurt as well.

katkins78

From 'Cheap Family Recipes' http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/recipe-houmous.html?opt=rlunch
Really cheap- bypasses the tahini/sesame seeds, surprised me by how good it tastes and there are variations on this recipe e.g. lemon pepper/roast onion, red pepper and tomato houmous.

I used to make from scratch with HM tahini, but honestly I think as long as there are enough flavourings aside from the chickpeas you don't miss the tahini at all- which even HM is probably the most expensive bit.

Also it's much less of a faff if you make a big batch and freeze it into portions to defrost when needed.

lostinrates

hmm. i really do miss the tahini. Sometimes I omit the chickpeas and make it with butter beans instead though.

LandyAndy

I just made a kilo of hummus.:)

As the title. Can I freeze some of it?