Hummus

4 cups chick peas (2 1/2 cans), drained
1/2 cup tahini
1/3 cup warm water
1/3 cup olive oil
2 lemon juice (start with 1 lemon and add additional to taste), or 3
4 or more garlic cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground cumin seed
pepper, to taste




1. Put in garlic in a bowl of food processor and process until chopped.


2. Combine chick-peas, tahini, warm water, olive oil and juice of 1 lemon in the bowl of the food processor. Process until smooth and creamy, pausing once or twice to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.


3. Add garlic, ground cumin seed, salt and pepper. Process to blend. Add more lemon juice to taste.



Source: Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins