What to do with pumpkin – quick and easy pumpkin spice hummus
Carving a jack-o’lantern has become an honoured Halloween tradition, but don’t forget there are plenty of other ways to impress with a pumpkin. Why not put that orange fleshy centre to good use by whipping up a super easy spicy pumpkin hummus?
Pumpkin spice hummus
You will need:
½ cup of pumpkin puree
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
Zest of 1 lemon
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp tahini, or peanut butter as a substitute
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
To make the pumpkin puree
- Preheat the oven to 165C.
- Cut your pumpkin down the middle, remove the seeds and pulp and cover each half with foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, foil side up, or until tender.
- Scrape out the pumpkin meat and puree in a blender.
- Place the chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice, lemon rind and tahini or peanut butter into a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Add in the pumpkin puree and spices, and then with the motor running, gradually add in the olive oil until blended and smooth.
- Taste and add more lemon juice, pumpkin or olive oil to taste.
- Pop into a pretty bowl and top with a dusting of cayenne pepper. Serve with chopped carrots and cucumber or warmed and sliced pitta bread.
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