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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.

15K 4 3.5

Last modified on: November 29^th 2020

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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

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15 min.	2 min.	17 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
920 Kcal or 3,852 Kj	31 gr	73 gr	56 gr
46 %	12 %	7 %	8 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 600 g : 4.11 €

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Source

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

This recipe uses (among others)

	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Couscous, Chickpea salad, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Cauliflower and chickpea salad, ... All
	Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tapenade, Apple paste, Royal icing, Salmon and leek fondue tart, Nanou's apple and almond cake, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scallop and leek pancakes, Alsatian-style salad, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Maroilles cheese quiche, Green parsley sauce, ... All
	Garlic clove: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Home-made doner kebab, Chinese style chicken, Feta and spinach brik pie, Tomatoes Provençal, Little vegetable omelettes, ... All

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