Butternut Squash Hummus

By jeaom1

This recipe is approximate. Some people like more or less tahini, lemon juice, garlic, etc.

The traditional way to serve hummus is as follows: In a slightly deep dish, maybe a pie pan or a plate with a bit of curve to it, spread a thick layer of hummus all around with the back of a spoon. Then, use the back of the spoon to make a circular channel in the middle of the plate. Think of it as creating a moat – leave a small island of hummus in the middle and make a channel around it. Pour olive oil into the channel. In the “island,” put a few chickpeas or an olive. Lightly sprinkle some paprika or cayenne or sumac spice onto the whole thing. Serve with pita bread!

Other serving suggestions: Hummus is great as a vegetable dip or spread onto a sandwich or wrap. It’s also delicious spread onto a pita, then topped with sauteed spinach and mushrooms, then cheese

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• 1 cup butternut squash puree (roasted with salt, pepper, curry powder at 400 for at least 45 minutes, until very soft.
• 2 cans chickpeas
• 1/3 cup plus a little more tahini paste
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/3 water - as much as you need for it to be as thin as you want
• 1/4 cup lemon juice, or more to taste
• 1 tsp Garlic Spice Blend
• To Taste:
• 1 teaspoon (scant) salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• pepper
• Tahini Paste:
• 6 tablespoons Roasted Sesame Seeds
• 1 1/2 tablespoons evoo (extra virgin olive oil)
• Mix in Magic Bullet
• optional:
• 1 to 2 teaspoons curry powder, or to taste (if it's not in the butternut squash puree already)

Preparation

Step 1

Whirl all the ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Add more tahini or seasonings for flavor or water to make it as thin as you desire. Tahini has kind of a peanut buttery taste to it, but I wouldn’t suggest you substitute peanut butter here, as I’ve seen some recipes do. I put good olive oil in to make it rich, but I used more water to thin it because I didn’t want it to be too oily (especially because you usually drizzle more olive oil on top when serving).