Hummus

My friend Leah is known for her hummus. I haven't ever asked her secret recipe, but I did ask to borrow her food processor that she makes it in. When I made almond butter, I used her food processor as well. Thank you Leah for being the inspiration for this recipe. Guess what this recipe uses, a pressure cooker.  I know a couple of people who have one and have wondered what they could make in it.  This hummus is completely from raw ingredients, no canned beans were used. Although I suppose if you must, you may use canned beans. You may have noticed the recipe includes baking soda, the scientific explanation from Wiki will help: "Baking soda is not strictly necessary, but it can be beneficial. The molecules in baking soda attach themselves to gas-inducing sugars in the chickpeas known as oligosaccharides. By binding to these sugars, baking soda can break them down and partially remove that gut felt odorous, gas producer, from the structure of the chickpea."

I love eating cucumber sticks dipped in hummus.  This hummus is full of flavor.

Ingredients:

2 cups dried Chickpeas
2 lemons
5 cloves of Garlic
6 tablespoons Tahini
1 1/2 tablespoons Kosher Salt
1/2-1 cup Olive Oil
8 cups Water
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda

Place chickpeas, water, baking soda, and two cloves of garlic into pressure cooker insert.
Place insert into pressure cooker, cover with lid.  Cook on high pressure for 40 minutes.

Allow pressure cooker to naturally release pressure.

Place chickpeas, salt, tahini, garlic, lemon juice from both lemons, and 1/4 cup of olive oil
in food processor.  Process until a smooth paste forms.

I placed the hummus in a sieve over a bowl and pushed through the sieve to remove the
pieces of skin, you don't have to do this step.  

 Place hummus in food processor and process while adding oil until desired thickness is reached.

 Place hummus in airtight container.

Enjoy!

Hummus

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Ingredients:

2 cups dried Chickpeas
2 lemons
5 cloves of Garlic
6 tablespoons Tahini
1 1/2 tablespoons Kosher Salt
1/2-1 cup Olive Oil
8 cups Water
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda

Process:

Place chickpeas, water, baking soda, and two cloves of garlic into pressure cooker insert.  Place insert into pressure cooker, cover with lid.  Cook on high pressure for 40 minutes.

Allow pressure cooker to naturally release pressure.

Spoon the hummus in a sieve over a bowl and push through the sieve to remove the pieces of skin. You don't have to do this step.  

Place hummus in food processor and process while adding oil until desired thickness is reached.

Place hummus in airtight container.

Enjoy!