Beet Hummus

By KeyIngredient

I dare you to resist the delicious charms of my Paleo, vegan, Whole30-friendly, bean-free beet hummus. Even your kids will be tempted to eat their veggies!

Ingredients

• 1 cup (70 g) raw unsalted cashews, soaked and drained (see note above)
• 3 medium raw beets, about 2 inches in diameter or 1 1/2 cups (200g) cooked, peeled, and roughly chopped beets
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil and additional for drizzling
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal brand kosher salt
• 1 medium garlic clove, minced
• Freshly cracked black pepper

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 140mins
Adapted from nomnompaleo.com

Preparation

Step 1

soak the cup of raw cashews in 2 cups of warm water mixed with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon apple cider vinegar or lemon juice for 2 to 4 hours OR do a quick soak of 10 to 20 minutes in boiling water. Then, rinse and drain them.
Next, cook your beets! Either roast them in the oven by following these instructions or pressure-steam them for 15 minutes under high pressure in an Instant Pot (see recipe here).
Once your beets have cooled to room temperature, trim, peel, and cut them into 1-inch pieces. Measure out 1½ cups of the chopped beets and set them aside.
Grab your soaked and drained cashews and dump them in a food processor or blender.
Toss in the beets and add the lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, salt, minced garlic, and freshly ground black pepper.
Pulse a few times to combine. Scrape down the sides if necessary.
Then, blitz until you get a smooth, hummus-like consistency.
Taste for seasoning and adjust with additional salt, pepper, and lemon juice if needed. Drizzle with additional extra virgin oil, too!
Serve the dip with your favorite raw and steamed veggies! The dip will keep in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Soaking the cashews. You can soak the cup of raw cashews in 2 cups of warm water mixed with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon apple cider vinegar or lemon juice for 2 to 4 hours OR do a quick soak of 10 to 20 minutes in boiling water; and
Cooking the beets. It takes 30 minutes to pressure-steam the beets in an Instant Pot or about 90 minutes to roast them in the oven.