Cooked legumes (beans, black-eyed peas; or red lentils cooked over fried onion until they fall apart) or olives, ground in a food processor or blender with garlic, lemon and spices, with olive oil added gradually as it blends; served in a bowl with olive oil and herbs, or kept in a jar under a layer of oil.
Grind the beans In a blender with the garlic, lemon juice, cumin, salt and black pepper.
⚙ Grinding in a Food ProcessorBlender
💡In a food processor, grind in short pulses and check between pulses: it's easy to go from coarse to paste. (Sesame for tahini, on the other hand, is ground continuously.)
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Add the olive oil gradually, while blending In a blender, until to a smooth, even spread.
⚙ Fat in a Thin StreamBlender
💡The thin stream is everything: fat that goes in too fast can't bind, and the sauce breaks. For mayonnaise and hollandaise, if this happens, start with a fresh yolk and slowly add the broken sauce to it; if the sauce is too thick, thin it with a teaspoon of water.
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Transfer to a bowl, pour a little olive oil over it and sprinkle the cilantro.
Serving bowl
464calories
24 gprotein
47 gcarbs
14 gfat
● protein 23%● carbs 46%● fat 31%
Per serving (127 g), of 4 servings
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⚖ About the ingredients
White beans: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 202 g · 333 kcal per 100 g · More about White beans →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Lemon juice: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 21 kcal per 100 g · More about Lemon juice →
Cumin: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.1 g · 375 kcal per 100 g · More about Cumin →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Black pepper: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.4 g · 251 kcal per 100 g · More about Black pepper →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Fresh cilantro: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 1 g · 23 kcal per 100 g · More about Fresh cilantro →
🔧 Tools needed (3)
Blender· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Stick blender (Less smooth, mainly for liquids) · Food processor (Less smooth with liquids)
Colander· Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
Serving bowl· Also works: Bowl (None)
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Possible additions: Cooked legumes · Chili pepper · Cooking the spices with the legumes (minutes) (10) · Reserved cooking water · How much cooking water to reserve (in words) (½ cup) · Pitted olives · Capers · Anchovies · Mustard · Green peas · Brief cooking of the peas (minutes) (3–4) · Sun-dried tomatoes · Cooked chickpeas · Mint · basil · Red lentils cooked over onion · Water for cooking the lentils · garlic · Cumin · Paprika · Thyme · Thyme mixed in at the end · Turmeric · Olive oil in a thin stream · Water · Olive oil on top · Cumin on top · Cilantro on top · Paprika on top · Parsley on top · In a jar under a layer of oil (up to a week)
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