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Does anyone have a tried and tested recipe for this? I have been buying it from the grocery store already prepared, but would like to know how to make it myself.
I love hummus. I always buy it at the store, though, instead of making it myself. Thanks for posting this recipe of the bell pepper hummus. I think I have all those ingredients here at home, think I'll try making some today!Tahini will probably be near the peanut butter in most stores, if not it may be in the "foreign food" section. It's just sesame seed butter, for lack of a better term. I once used unsweetened peanut butter to make hummus because I was out of tahini and that worked well too. Probably any unsweetened nut/seed butter would work.
I make hummus all the time. I haven't made roasted red pepper flavor though :/. I assume you just puree some roasted red peppers and add that to the hummus. I like the Cook's Illustrated recipe best, although I add less tahini (around 2 tablespoons) because I don't like it that much, lol. One major factor in getting good smooth hummus is to add the oil/tahini very slowly. This creates a smooth emulsion, whereas if you just dump the oil in it makes the emulsion break so you get grainy hummus. Ick.
Here's their regular hummus recipe: http://www.food.com/amp/recipe/cooks-illustrated-restaurant-style-hummus-380146
This appears to be the same recipe, but adding 1/4 cup of jarred roasted red peppers to the chickpeas at the beginning: http://sweetpeaskitchen.com/2011/01/roasted-red-pepper-hummus/
Oh, how funny.
For the record, hummus is never made with roasted peppers in the Middle East. I'm from Israel and the first time we visited the US we were shocked to see hummus with peppers and even with avocado! That's blasphemy over here
My recipe is very similar to yours except I roast the garlic, add a dash of sesame oil and I don't use pepper. I also remove the skins from the chickpeas. I find that it comes out smoother this way. I'd imagine that roasted red peppers could easily be added but I would not leave out the garlic. I also use a whole head of garlic in mine since it's roasted.I have a standard recipe for hummus that you could add red pepper to instead.
2 cans chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
½ head of garlic
1 teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoon pepper
Pinch ground red pepper
¼ cup lemon juice
1 heaping tablespoon sesame tahini
Put all ingredients in blender or food processer and blend until smooth. Add water as needed.
Omit the garlic and add jarred roasted red pepper to taste.