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Green hummus

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

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Last modified on: November 29^th 2020

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For 200 g, you will need:

1 ¹⁄₃ shallot
2 ¹⁄₃ courgette
3 ¹⁄₃ garlic clove
4 parsley
5 ¹⁄₃ tablespoon fresh mint leaves
6 1 tablespoon olive oil
7 117 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
8 ¹⁄₃ tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
9 1 tablespoon lemon juice
10 salt
11 pepper
Total weight: 242 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Finely chop ¹⁄₃ shallot.

Prepare ¹⁄₃ courgette (small) and cut into small dice.

Peel ¹⁄₃ garlic clove.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 1 tablespoon 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 117 g tinned (canned) chickpeas with the shallot, courgette, clove of garlic. parsley (both stems and leaves), ¹⁄₃ tablespoon fresh mint leaves, ¹⁄₃ tablespoon tahini (sesame paste), 1 tablespoon 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
307 Kcal or 1,285 Kj	11 gr	24 gr	19 gr
15 %	4 %	2 %	3 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
127 Kcal or 532 Kj	4 gr	10 gr	8 gr
6 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sesame

How much will it cost?

For 200 g : 1.37 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Couscous, Mixed vegetable curry, Chickpea salad, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Hummus, ... All
	Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Marinated tuna and cabbage, Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup , Nanou's tuna tart, Sea bass with coriander cream en papillote, Fillets of sole meunière, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato and two ham gratin, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Blanquette of veal, Vegetable tian, Cajun-style lentil salad, ... All
	Tahini (sesame paste): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Celeriac and sesame soup, Hummus, Turnip and sesame puree (tahina) soup, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, ... All

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