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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 1 kg 200 g, you will need:

1 2 shallots
2 2 courgettes
3 2 cloves garlic
4 parsley
5 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves
6 4 tablespoons olive oil
7 1 lb + 8.6 oz tinned (canned) chickpeas
8 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)
9 4 tablespoons lemon juice
10 salt
11 pepper

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Finely chop 2 shallots.

Prepare 2 courgettes (small) and cut into small dice.

Peel 2 cloves garlic.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 4 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 1 lb + 8.6 oz tinned (canned) chickpeas with the shallot, courgette, clove of garlic. parsley (both stems and leaves), 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste), 4 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,841 Kcal or 7,708 Kj	63 gr	146 gr	112 gr
92 %	24 %	14 %	17 %

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 1 kg 200 g : 8.22 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Hummus, Chorba, Chickpea salad, Couscous, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, ... All
	Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce., Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Nanou's tuna tart, Mackerel rillettes, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Risotto-style celeriac, Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Cervelle de Canut, Chorba, ... All
	Tahini (sesame paste): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Celeriac and sesame soup, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Ali Baba bread, Turnip and sesame puree (tahina) soup, Green parsley tahini sauce, ... All

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