Green and Kalamata Olive Hummus

Cooking beans from scratch with a pressure cooker will add about 1 hr and 40 minutes to your total time. However that is cooking and soaking time so you can do something else during that time. If you cook dried beans without a pressure cooker, it will add 1-24 hrs of soaking time and 3-8 hours of cooking time.

Yields8 Servings
Total Time12 mins
Ingredients-
 1 cup dried garbanzo beans or 2 cans garbanzo beans
 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
 4 garlic cloves, pealed and sliced
 ½ cup tahini
 3 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
 1 ½ tsp ground cumin
 1 ¼ tsp salt
 a pinch cayenne
 ¼ cup reserved chickpea water
 ¾ cup pitted green olives (170g)
  cup pitted kalamata olives (43g)
Recipe-
1

If using dry beans, place beans in a pressure cooker, rinse and drain. Then add 7 cups of water, bring to a boil, then turn off heat, and let sit for at least an hour. Then secure the lid and bring to a steam over high heat. Once steaming, reduce heat to medium and cook for about 30 mins. Then depressurize and drain, reserving 1/4 cup of the water for later. (Note there are many different ways to make dry beans and you don't need a pressure cooker. This is just my preferred method. For more cooking options check out the "About this recipe: Dry vs. Canned Beans" section of the post above).

2

If using canned beans, open and drain reserving 1/4 cup of the water for later.

3

Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a small pan over medium-high heat. Once the pan and oil are hot, add garlic and sauté for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, till golden brown.

4

Combine the garbanzo beans (dried and cooked or canned), sautéed garlic with excess oil from the pan, the remaining 1 tbsp of oil, tahini, lemon juice, cumin, salt, reserved chick pea water, green olives, and kalamata olives in a blender or food processor and blend till smooth. If using a blender, use the tamper to help blend. Once smooth transfer to a tuperwear (preferably glass) and store in the fridge for up to two weeks.

5

Serve with crackers, pita, and/or veggies and enjoy!

 

Ingredients

Ingredients-
 1 cup dried garbanzo beans or 2 cans garbanzo beans
 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
 4 garlic cloves, pealed and sliced
 ½ cup tahini
 3 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
 1 ½ tsp ground cumin
 1 ¼ tsp salt
 a pinch cayenne
 ¼ cup reserved chickpea water
 ¾ cup pitted green olives (170g)
  cup pitted kalamata olives (43g)

Directions

Recipe-
1

If using dry beans, place beans in a pressure cooker, rinse and drain. Then add 7 cups of water, bring to a boil, then turn off heat, and let sit for at least an hour. Then secure the lid and bring to a steam over high heat. Once steaming, reduce heat to medium and cook for about 30 mins. Then depressurize and drain, reserving 1/4 cup of the water for later. (Note there are many different ways to make dry beans and you don't need a pressure cooker. This is just my preferred method. For more cooking options check out the "About this recipe: Dry vs. Canned Beans" section of the post above).

2

If using canned beans, open and drain reserving 1/4 cup of the water for later.

3

Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a small pan over medium-high heat. Once the pan and oil are hot, add garlic and sauté for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, till golden brown.

4

Combine the garbanzo beans (dried and cooked or canned), sautéed garlic with excess oil from the pan, the remaining 1 tbsp of oil, tahini, lemon juice, cumin, salt, reserved chick pea water, green olives, and kalamata olives in a blender or food processor and blend till smooth. If using a blender, use the tamper to help blend. Once smooth transfer to a tuperwear (preferably glass) and store in the fridge for up to two weeks.

5

Serve with crackers, pita, and/or veggies and enjoy!

Notes

Green and Kalamata Olive Hummus

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