Quick, Easy & Delicious Homemade Hummus Recipe

This is one of thee most simple yet impressive recipes for creating a homemade dish that you can reproduce for pretty much any occasion time and time again. It is also so versatile you can try with a variety of ingredients so it never gets old.

I mean who doesn't love a good hummus and Crudités .. serve with raw carrot batons, diced cucumber and /or raw peppers as an hors d'oeuvre before any starter or main meal and your guests will be delighted. Trust me.

Homemade Luxury Hummus

Total Prep and Bake Time: 5 Minutes

Difficulty: A five year old could execute this recipe with great success.

Serving: Two generous helpings of homemade hummus or one very large bowl of hummus.

You will need a food processor.

Ingredients

For the Hummus:

• Two tins of good quality chick peas (800 grams) - I would recommend organic if possible (but not essential)

• 50 ml of good quality extra virgin olive oil

• 3 cloves or Garlic

• Juice of one medium lemon squeezed

• Salt Flakes for seasoning

• A pinch of Smoked Paprika

For the topping:

• Handful of toasted / roasted pine nuts

• Handful of Sultanas

• Pinch of Paprika

• 10 Ml of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Method

• Drain the tins of humus and add to the food processor (I use the blade function if using a magimix processor for blending)

• Chop up the garlic cloves and add them in

• Add in the 50 Ml extra virgin Olive oil

• add in the squeezed lemon juice

• Finally add in (as much salt as you like for flavoring) and a pinch of the Paprika and whizz until you have a smooth consistency.

• Do a little taste test to ensure it is to your liking. It should be a little salty, Don't put in too much paprika and make sure the zingy taste of the lemon isn't over bearing

• If your batch is looking dry you can add more extra Virgin Olive oil but it shouldn't be too runny

• Remove the hummus with a spatula from the food processor and place in your serving dishes

• drizzle olive oil over the top of the mix (just let it sit on top - it will find its way into the groves

• Sprinkle a handful of pine nuts and sultanas onto the top of the mix

• lastly add a pinch of paprika with your fingers and sprinkle on for a splash of colour and tadaa you have yourself some freshly made hummus

I like to cover in clingfilm and refrigerate for at least a couple of hours before serving. You can really experiment with this recipe by using red peppers as one of the main ingredients or adding some coriander to the mix. Have a play - get creative !