Dilled Hummus Spread

SharonP's Note:

I have made Hummus before, but Dilled Hummus sounded interesting...have not tried this as yet...This is from an old copy of Better Homes and Gardens.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1.5 cups

• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/4 cup tahini (sesame paste, or 3 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter plus 1 Tbsp. sesame oil)
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons snipped fresh dill or 1/2 teaspoon dried dill
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash ground red pepper

Directions:

1. In a blender container or food processor bowl combine garbanzo beans, tahini or peanut butter and sesame oil, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, dill, salt, and red pepper.
2. Cover and blend or process till the mixture is smooth, stopping and scraping the sides as necessary.
3. Transfer to a storage container; cover and chill till ready to serve for up to 1 week.
4. (To tote, pack the storage container with ice.) Stir the spread before serving.

Reviews

[BerrySweet]

This was all right, but it needed more dill to give it a dill flavor, and water to help process it smoothly (it was VERY thick). Also 1/4 of tahini is too much, it overpowered this hummus. I think this is a good recipe, but needs some adjustments to give it a better rating.

[3KillerBs]

Quite a good, fast, easy, flavorful hummus, though I prefer the texture I get by cooking dried chickpeas myself. Like other reviewers, I needed more dried dill to get a good, dilly flavor. Additionally, I had to add an extra tbs lemon juice and 1/4 cup of water to get my blender (a Kitchen Aid), to process it smoothly.

[LUv 2 BaKE]

I love hummus and this one was no exception. I used dried dill, and found that it really didn't taste much different at all from regular hummus. I ended up increasing the dried dill to 1 tsp to get a nice dilly taste. Thanks for the recipe, it's another neat twist on hummus i'll be making again!