Green hummus

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

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:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	2 min.	20 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Finely chop 1 shallot.
  Prepare 1 courgette (small) and cut into small dice.
  Peel 1 garlic clove.
• 2: Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the diced courgette.
• 3: Cook for 1 or 2 minutes until tender.
  Set aside.
• 4: 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.
• 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.

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