[rec.food.recipes] REQUEST: Hummus

richardv@microsoft.UUCP (Richard Alaric Vaughan) (02/26/91)

Anyone have a good recipe for hummus?

Thanks in advance!
Richard

[a recipe for hummus appeared in rec.food.recipes digest 79, available
from wuarchive.wustl.edu			-aem ]

latornel@unixg.ubc.ca (Doug Latornell) (05/05/91)

I'm looking for a recipe for hummus, a spread that I've had in Greek
(and pseudo-Greek :-) restaurants.  It's normally served with pita
bread as an appetiser.  It definitely contains garlic and I've been
told that the main ingredient is mashed (or pureed) chick peas.

I tried mashing some cooked chick peas, adding a couple of cloves of
minced garlic and thinning the result with olive oil and water to the
right consistency but there is something missing.  Am I even on the
right track...?

Doug Latornell

[yes, you are. Hummus has appeared in rec.food.recipes digests 79, 94,
and 95 in several different recipes. Basically you're missing tahini
(sesame butter) and lemon juice. And forget the water.  -aem]