Name: Traditional Hummus recipe
Ingredients: 3 cloves garlic, peeled;2 (15 ounce) cans garbanzo beans, drained;1 cup olive oil;1 cup tahini;3 lemons, juiced;salt to taste;¼ cup olive oil

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Ingredients

3 cloves garlic, peeled 2 (15 ounce) cans garbanzo beans, drained 1 cup olive oil 1 cup tahini 3 lemons, juiced salt to taste ¼ cup olive oil

Nutrition Info

560.3 calories carbohydrate: 22.5 g cholesterol: : - fat: 50.5 g fiber: 5.9 g protein: 8.6 g saturatedFat: 7 g servingSize: - sodium: 244.4 mg sugar: 0.2 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

Place garlic in a food processor and chop thoroughly. Add garbanzo beans and blend into a paste. Pour in 1 cup olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, and salt. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Place hummus in a bowl and top with 1/4 cup olive oil.

Recipe Yield

2 cups

Recipe Note

This is my mother's recipe for creamy hummus. She cooked every day the food she learned how to cook when she was growing up. She gave us a history lesson of our culture and our family every night at the dinner table.