After the pumpkin, chocolate and other hummus nightmares of late I understand that hummus with miso sounds very worrying indeed.
Blame Lucky Peach presents Power Vegetables
Thankfully the idea to add miso to hummus doesn’t come from me, but from Lucky Peach presents Power Vegetables. And the miso in this recipe isn’t a cover-up to disguise the flavor of hummus, but rather a means to enhance it in all it’s hummussy goodness.
Gooey fluffy magic hummus tricks
I had words with this recipe the first time I made it. My chickpeas would barely budge when I tried to blend them in my food processor. They were absolute dicks. Thankfully someone told me I should use some of the cooking liquids of the chickpeas to help smooth their transition into hummusy goodness.
Then I found my hummus to be quite… firm and Play-Dough like once it had cooled down. I don’t recall where I read this a few weeks later, but a couple of ice cubes really help turn your hummus into the best gooey fluffy magic ever.
Variations and what to have miso-amped hummus with
I have updated the recipe below to add instructions on how to make a garlicky hummus dip, or just a chickpea-garlic spread if you want to be proper about calling hummus hummus and other things made with chickpeas and other ingredients something else.
I like to top mine with za’atar or sumac for some extra oomph, but you can also roast some cauliflower and top with Trouble&Whale chili crisp. Use discount code ‘DorothyPorker’ or click the banner below and your discount should be added to your basket automatically.
You can eat the hummus with bread (duh) or however else you like or use it to make:
Miso-amped hummus from Lucky Peach presents Power Vegetables
Equipment
- Large pot, for soaking and cooking
- Ladle
- Sieve
- Small bowl
- Kitchen towel
- Food processor
- Oven, if making garlic and chickpea spread, AND
- Oven proof dish
Ingredients
- 1 c - 200 gr dried chickpeas soaked overnight, weight is pre-soak
- 1 t - 5 gr baking soda
- 1/4 c - 60 ml olive oil
- 1 clove garlic smashed and peeled
- 3/4 c - 175 ml chickpea cooking liquid see instructions
- 1/4 c - 60 ml lemon juice fresh is best
- 1 t - 5 gr salt
- pinch ground cumin
- 1/2 c - 120 ml tahin
- 1 T - 15 gr miso white is best, but red works too
- 3 ice cubes
For the chickpea and garlic spread
- all of the above +
- 3 heads garlic separated into skin-on cloves
- olive oil
- salt
Instructions
- Drain 1 c - 200 gr soaked chickpeas, place them on a kitchen towel and dry them off gently.
- Move the chickpeas to a large pot, I used the same one I soak them in overnight, with 1 tsp - 5 gr of baking soda and cook on a low heat while stirring vigorously for 2 to 3 minutes or so.
- Cover the chickpeas until they are submerged in about 1" of cold water and bring to a boil.
- Leave to simmer until they are soft. This can take 30-60 minutes, depending on the quality and age of your chickpeas. Use a ladle to remove any foam or chickpea skins that come bubbling to the surface. Add water if your chickpeas appear to be drying out, but haven't softened yet.
- Drain the chickpeas, making sure you hang on to the cooking liquid. You'll need it for the next step.
- Place the chickpeas, 1/4 c - 60 ml olive oil and 1 clove of garlic into a food processor along with a first scoop of the cooking liquid. Blitz for 2 minutes. Add more of the liquid if your food processor starts to struggle.
- Finally add 1/4 c - 60 ml of lemon juice, 1 t - 5 gr salt, 1 pinch of cumin, 1/2 c - 270 gr of tahini, 1 T - 15 gr of miso and 3 ice cubes (and the roast garlic if you're making chickpea and garlic spread) and blend again for another 2 minutes until well combined and fluffy. If your food processor is struggling again use a wooden spoon to beat the ingredients together until the last of the ice cubes as dissolved completely.
- Your hummus is now done. Lucky Peach prefers it warm, but I quite enjoy it cold as well
To make chickpea and garlic spread
- First, take a moment to resist the urge to call this garlic-hummus. Hummus is made with chickpeas only. Add anything else and it's no longer hummus. We're calling this a spread. S P R E A D.
- Preheat an oven to 320° F/ 160° C.
- Spread the individual unpeeled garlic cloves from 3 bulbs of garlic in an even layer in an oven proof dish. Coat evenly in olive oil and salt generously.
- Roast the garlic cloves until they have gone soft and squishy but are not burned, in my oven this takes about 30-45 minutes.
- Peel or smoosh the garlic gunk out of its skin.
- Blitz the roast garlic cloves into the hummus that will no longer be a hummus alongside the other ingredients mentioned in step 7.
Notes
