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Green hummus

Name: Green hummus
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 600 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 shallot; 1 courgette; 1 garlic clove; parsley; 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 350 g tinned (canned) chickpeas; 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste); 2 tablespoons lemon juice; salt; pepper

You are probably already familiar with classic hummus. Here's a "green" version, still mainly chickpeas, but with added herbs and vegetables.

48 K 3.5/5 (4 reviews)

20 min.

Easy

4.15 €

600 g

11 Ingredients

Last modified on: November 29^th 2020

For 600 g, you will need:

1 1 shallot
2 1 courgette
3 1 garlic clove
4 parsley
5 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves
6 2 tablespoons olive oil
7 350 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
8 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
9 2 tablespoons lemon juice
10 salt
11 pepper
Total weight: 725 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 min.

Cooking: 2 min.

All in all: 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Finely chop 1 shallot.

Prepare 1 courgette (small) and cut into small dice.

Peel 1 garlic clove.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the diced courgette.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Cook for 1 or 2 minutes until tender.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 4 min.

Blend 350 g tinned (canned) chickpeas with the shallot, courgette, clove of garlic. parsley (both stems and leaves), 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves, 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste), 2 tablespoons lemon juice, salt and pepper. Moisten with a little of the liquid from the tin of chickpeas.

You should end up with a smooth purée, then check the seasoning.

Stage 5

Your green hummus is ready. Transfer into one or more bowls and drizzle with olive oil before serving.

Remarks

This recipe is very flexible, so you can easily vary the amounts of the ingredients to suit your own taste and what you have to hand.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made, based on a recipe in the newspaper Télégramme de Brest..

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	70 RDI=7 %	60 RDI=8 %	920 RDI=50 %	3,850 RDI: 50 %
Per 100 g	4 RDI=2 %	10 RDI=1 %	7 RDI=1 %	130 RDI=6 %	530 RDI: 6 %