Creamy, intriguing and seasonal: let yourself be conquered by the recipe for pumpkin hummus
Our pumpkin hummus is a variant of the typical Middle Eastern recipe based on chickpeas and tahini, sesame paste with an irresistible taste.
You can bring it to the table in different occasions and ways: it can be a treat starter to spread on toasted bread or to dip breadsticks and raw vegetables, just like a pinzimonio, but it can also be combined with meat, for example as a cream for rolls, or use for stuffing sandwiches and toast.
This recipe will allow you to prepare a perfect pumpkin hummus, it is a tasty idea to propose during the autumn and will conquer everyone with its original flavor and its bright color. We served it for a Italian aperitif, together with the crunchy carasau bread of the Sardinian tradition.
Pumpkin hummus: recipe
Ingredients
500 g of pumpkin already cleaned
150 g of chickpeas
20 g of pumpkin seeds
2 tablespoons of tahini
Extra virgin olive oil
salt
pepper
Method
To prepare the pumpkin hummus, first clean the pumpkin: peel it, start cutting it into quarters and remove the seeds and internal filaments. Cut the pumpkin into cubes until you get 500 g, sprinkle it with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and bake it in the oven at 200 ° for 20 or 30 minutes, depending on the size of the cubes, until soft.
Remove from the oven, let it cool and blend the cooked pumpkin cubes with the chickpeas, tahini, two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, until the consistency is firm but silky. Serve in a bowl adding a drizzle of oil and pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin hummus is ready to be enjoyed!
If you want to keep it, place it in the refrigerator in a tightly closed airtight container for no more than 2-3 days.
Pumpkin hummus: tips
Our pumpkin hummus will win you over for its delicacy, given by the sweetness of the pumpkin. However, if you love very strong tastes, you can give it an edge by adding spices such as cumin and the paprika or enrich it with a clove of garlic in small pieces, to be blended together with the other ingredients.
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