WHITE BEAN HUMMUS

It’s only been the last couple of years since I’ve started cooking with white beans (also known as cannellini beans, great northern beans, and habichuelas blancas in Spanish). I’m not sure where it started, but I know that I began making more dishes using them when I lived in Turkiye because they were so widely available.

What I love about them is that they are so soft and smooth and feel light in dishes. Sometimes after eating other beans, I feel heavy or too full, or the texture of the beans seems to be a bit rough, but that’s not the case with white beans; they are so nice in soups and stews and let the meat and other veggies take on the role of giving a rougher texture to your taste buds; this also makes them nice in salads.

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The most fortuitous of all dishes with white beans for me has been in making a hummus out of white beans, rather than the rgw traditional chickpeas. I’m not sure if this is because I have better success and luck with white beans when I make hummus as opposed to chickpeas which, for some reason just seem so much harder for me to make a really fantastic hummus. It also just feels softer on my stomach than chickpeas, but that could just be me. Whatever the actual reason, I’m just so glad I’ve made it and can share this recipe with you.

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 cups white beans, cooked

1/4 cup water

Sea salt, to taste

1 garlic clove, crushed

2 tablespoons tahini

Directions

If using dry beans, be sure to cook them far enough in advance to allow them to cook thoroughly and to cool off well in advance of preparing the hummus.

Drain the beans of any excess liquid. To a blender, add the beans, water, sea salt, garlic clove. Blend on high until the mixture is quite smooth. Add the tahini and blend once again until completely smooth.

Pour the mixture into a serving dish or bowl and garnish with desired toppings such as crushed red pepper, sumach and parsley (fresh or dried).

Serve with pita chips, rustic pita bread or any type of fresh bread that will hold up to this mixture.

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