Ingredients

2 cups of garbanzo beans (home cooked or canned)

¾ cup of liquid (preferably liquid from cooking the garbanzo beans, but plain water works also)

2 large cloves of garlic

1 teaspoon of salt

¼ teaspoon of ground pepper

¼ teaspoon of ground cumin

1/3 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/3 cup of tahini (mix it well before using)

Extra virgin olive oil and ground red pepper to decorate

Cooking Fresh Garbanzo Beans

1.5 cups garbanzo beans
soak in lot of water over night

rinse

instapot

4 cups of water
1 TBSP liquid salt
rinsed garbanzo beans

cook for 6 minutes on high, let cool naturally, without opening the valve

Hummus Preparation

in the round food processor (not the high mixer)

garbanzo beans

3/4 cup from the cooking water

2 large cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon of salt
¼ teaspoon of ground pepper
¼ teaspoon of ground cumin

pulse for about 2 minutes (use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the food processor as needed)

1/3 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 2 large lemons)

1/3 cup of tahini (mix it well before using)

mix again for 1-2 minutes

add additional liquid, as needed.

decorate

virgin olive oil and ground red pepper