Black Bean Hummus

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Awesome recipe! I agree with the comments and used less oil and chili powder. I added about a tablespoon of chopped cilantro and used lemon instead of lime juice. This is a quick and easy wonderful appetizer!

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The recipe itself from the Book is awesome. The recipe above is way off from the book. Below is what I remember from making it yesterday:

Garbanzo and Black beans need to be drained and washed, not noted above but is in the book.
It's 1/3 of a cup mix of canola and olive oil and not 3 cups olive oil. I doubled the recipe so I did 1/3 cup of each.
I believe the actual recipe calls for more Cayenne but I will have to check.
It's 1 and a half juiced limes and not 1/2 lime, juiced
It's 4 tables spoons of chili powder I believe.
It's 1 tablespoon of Tahini and not About 3/4 teaspoon tahini
2 small cloves of garlic chopped is in the book recipe and NOT mentioned at all here.
The recipe calls for a little water as well, I believe just 1/3 of a cup.

Not sure how the online recipe can be so different from the book recipe.

Hope this helps.

-T

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I love this stuff! Its a totally different take on hummus, its almost like a taco dip. I took some to work and it was completely inhaled by my co-workers in under five minutes! Another thing I really liked about it was that it still tasted great without the tahini, which I hate to buy because of the high price and, and I wouldn't really use it for anything else than hummus. I simply add a few drops of seasame oil. By the way, the oil measurement is waaay off! Try starting with 1/4 to 1/3 cup of olive oil. This hummus also freezes really well.

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I guess I could call it my own fault for taking this as a two-hummus pot luck dish to a Christmas Party buffet without trying it first and without reading the reviews by all of you other cooks out there. If it had been a contest this hummus came in dead last. It was floating in oil! I should have trusted my judgment that 3 cups can't be right. Will I try it again now that I know 1/3 cup is a better measure? Well, I'm not sure because frankly I added all the oil thinking that that much chili powder was going to have to be diluted by something or it would turn out way to grainy. Fortunately, the second hummus was the Barefoot Contessa's recipe and happily every bite of it was gone. I took almost all of the Penguin hummus home with me again and plan to use it as a starter for a pot of chili.

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Try this...haven't experienced a naysayer yet...
- 500ml of soaked chick peas (or 1 can of 456ml drained--drain and toss in food processor with-
- some zest of a lime; some zest of a lemon;
- juice of 1 lime/juice of 1 lemon (makes about 1/2 cup
- generous 1/2 cup of Tahini (sesame seed paste
- 1/3 cup olive oil;
- season with 4-5 cloves of chopped garlic, 1 tsp each salt and pepper, 1 tbsp of Tobasco sauce, 1 tbsp Worstershire, 1/4 cup chopped parsley...
- Blend until smooth--pour into pie-sized dish, sprinkle top heavily with Paprika, drizzle top with olive oil (also after finished eating to keep from drying and store in fridge and garnish with bite size pieces of sliced dill pickle and black olives. Voila! Eat by scooping with rolled/coned pieces of pita bread. Bonne appetit!

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Wish I had read the other reviews before I made this!! The others are correct - way too much oil. I do believe there is a typo. Will try it with less as recommended!!

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I have made this several times, and after changing to 1/3 cup of Olive Oil it's GREAT!!!!! Everytime I make this my whole family inhales it...I have to hide my share. I just love HUMMUS, regardless, and if I could get to The Penguin, I'd have one of everything they serve....especially the friend pickles...Loved the show too. Laura

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I am doing some research for a Caribbean Cookbook and found this recipe. If you will use 3 tablespoons of sesame oil you will take you where you are wanting to go.

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This recipe actually turned out to be a 5 star but only after tweaking. First, the 3 C of olive oil should be more like 1/3 C, if that. Many hummus recipes don't call for any at all but I think a small amount of good EVOO improves the mouth feel. Also, 3/4 or a tsps. of tahini is clearly wrong - probably more like 3 to 4 tsps. I bumped up the spices a little as well.

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I agree with previous poster. NO WAY 3 Cups of Olive Oil should be used. More like 3 T maybe. Start there and add more if necessary.

Not enough tahini in this recipe.

I also think some garlic is called for.