Beirut to Boston: A Cookbook: Comfort Food Inspired by a Rags-to-Restaurants Story by Hajj Jay

Author:Hajj, Jay [Hajj, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Published: 2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00

THREE SECRETS TO PERFECT HUMMUS

Follow these three tips and your hummus will come out perfect every time.

One , make your hummus with fresh, high-quality chickpeas whenever possible, as fresh chickpeas taste better and cook faster. My chickpea of choice is Palouse brand garbanzo beans (another word for chickpeas), grown in the rich farmland around Pullman, Washington.

Palouse chickpeas are Food Alliance Certified, packed fresh immediately after they’re dried on the plant during the September harvest and sold within the year. Many of the commercial-grade beans on the market are several years old. Those older beans are certainly edible. In fact, you can make great, delicious hummus with any store-bought chickpea if you follow my tips and rules. But I’ve found those older chickpeas don’t cook as quickly—which means more work for you. The typical commercial-grade chickpeas you buy in the store can take up to three hours to fatten during the boiling process; fresh chickpeas can be boiled to the perfect size and texture in just one hour. So find a good reputable local chickpea farmer.

Two , your hummus must be completely silky and creamy, with no chunks. If that means running it through the food processor for 15 minutes until it’s done right, so be it. You can’t hurt the hummus by overmixing it.

And, three , the food processor should move freely as it blends the chickpea mixture. If it slows down, slowly add some starchy water that you used to boil the chickpeas. This will loosen up the mixture so the processor can blend it perfectly. But only just enough water to get the food processor running smoothly again. You do not want the hummus too loose and watery.

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