Loaded Hummus
HB-14376 · Hand-built original · Turkish and Middle Eastern
Three bowls of hummus get three different treatments: one is blended with beetroot and topped with feta and toasted pumpkin seeds, one is crowned with bacon lardons, chestnuts, sage and thyme, and one is blended with sun-dried tomatoes and finished with almonds and chilli oil.
Main ingredient: bacon
Ingredients
- 7 oz hummus per flavour
- 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for serving
- 3 1/2 oz bacon lardons
- 10 sage leaves, thinly sliced
- 3 1/2 oz chestnuts, roughly chopped
- 4 fresh thyme sprigs
- 5 1/2 oz cooked beetroot
- 4 tbsp pumpkin seeds, roughly chopped
- 1 3/4 oz feta, crumbled
- Olive oil, to serve
- 5 1/2 oz sun-dried tomatoes (drained weight)
- 2 tbsp toasted flaked almonds
- 2 tbsp chilli oil, to serve
Method
- For the bacon and chestnut bowl, heat the 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add the bacon lardons, and fry them for about 5 minutes until they start to colour.
- Stir the sliced sage, chopped chestnuts and thyme sprigs into the lardons and cook that mixture for a further 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the chestnuts warm through and the herbs crisp slightly.
- Spread one portion of hummus into a serving bowl, spoon the hot bacon and chestnut mixture over its surface, and drizzle a little extra olive oil across the top.
- For the beetroot bowl, blend another portion of hummus in a food processor with the cooked beetroot until the mixture turns smooth and evenly pink.
- Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry frying pan over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they puff and crackle.
- Spread the beetroot hummus into its bowl and top that bowl with the crumbled feta, the toasted pumpkin seeds and a drizzle of olive oil.
- For the tomato bowl, blend the last portion of hummus with 3 1/2 oz of the sun-dried tomatoes until smooth, and finely chop the remaining sun-dried tomatoes by hand.
- Spread the tomato hummus into a bowl, scatter the chopped sun-dried tomatoes and the toasted flaked almonds over it, and finish that third bowl with a drizzle of the chilli oil.
Prep: 30 min · Cook: 10 min
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data