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Green hummus

You are probably already familiar with classic hummus. Here's a "green" version, still mainly chickpeas, but with added herbs and vegetables.

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Last modified on: November 29^th 2020

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For 1 kg 800 g, you will need:

1 3 shallots
2 3 courgettes
3 3 cloves garlic
4 parsley
5 3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves
6 6 tablespoons olive oil
7 1 kg 50 g tinned (canned) chickpeas
8 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)
9 6 tablespoons lemon juice
10 salt
11 pepper
Total weight: 2,175 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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15 min.	2 min.	17 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Finely chop 3 shallots.

Prepare 3 courgettes (small) and cut into small dice.

Peel 3 cloves garlic.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Pour 6 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the diced courgette.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Cook for 1 or 2 minutes until tender.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Blend 1 kg 50 g tinned (canned) chickpeas with the shallot, courgette, clove of garlic. parsley (both stems and leaves), 3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, 3 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste), 6 tablespoons lemon juice, salt and pepper. Moisten with a little of the liquid from the tin of chickpeas.

You should end up with a smooth purée, then check the seasoning.

Stage 5

Your green hummus is ready. Transfer into one or more bowls and drizzle with olive oil before serving.

Remarks

This recipe is very flexible, so you can easily vary the amounts of the ingredients to suit your own taste and what you have to hand.

Keeping

A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made, based on a recipe in the newspaper Télégramme de Brest..

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,761 Kcal or 11,560 Kj	94 gr	219 gr	168 gr
138 %	36 %	21 %	25 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
127 Kcal or 532 Kj	4 gr	10 gr	8 gr
6 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sesame

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 800 g : 12.33 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Tinned (canned) chickpeas: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Couscous, Mixed vegetable curry, Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise", Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Cauliflower and chickpea salad, ... All
	Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Marinated tuna and cabbage, Tender tuna, Sautéed oyster mushrooms, Lebanese Tabbouleh, Brussels sprouts salad with smoked trout and Comté cheese, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pissaladière with puff pastry, Beef braised in reduced red wine, Mexican ceviche, Scallop and leek pancakes, Montlebon toast, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Quick stuffed courgettes, Small ratatouille with , Crispy prawn rolls, ... All

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