White Bean Garlic Hummus

I always try to find homemade versions of prepackaged foods I buy at the grocery store. It just makes sense to me to be able to make it myself to one…save money and two… to know that I know ,what’s in it. That’s why I love this White Bean Garlic Hummus.

Hummus is something I absolutely love. I get a few containers of it every time I’m at the grocery store. It turns out homemade hummus is extremely easy to make using a food processor. The only step in the recipe that takes a few extra minutes and a teeny weeny bit of patience is cooking the garlic and olive oil together. Cooking the two together infuses the oil with garlic so you get lots of garlic flavour.

While cooking the garlic and oil, please remember to just cook the garlic until it’s light brown in color. You want to avoid the garlic burning which will give the garlic as well as the oil a burnt garlic taste. Other than just being mindful of the garlic and oil cooking together, the recipe is a breeze to make and so very good! White Bean Garlic Hummus…a fantastic homemade dip, appetizer or snack, enjoy!

Adapted from Bush’s Beans

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White Bean Garlic Hummus

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons fresh garlic, sliced
Two 15.8 ounce cans Great Northern White Beans,rinsed and drained
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 Teaspoon cumin
1 pinch red pepper flakes
1 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon pepper

Instructions

Place the olive oil and sliced garlic in a medium saucepan. With the heat on low to medium, cook the garlic until it reaches a light brown color. Cool it slightly then strain with a sieve, placing the garlic in one small bowl and the olive oil in another.
Place the beans in your food processor,add the garlic slices, lemon juice, cumin and parsley. Process the mixture until smooth. With the food processor running, slowly add the olive oil in a steady stream to the bean mixture in the processor. Add the salt,pepper and red pepper flakes, process once more to mix.
Refrigerate the hummus until cold, serve with crackers, tortilla chips or cut vegetables.

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