Butter bean hummus

With the classic flavours of garlic, lemon, and tahini, this creamy and healthful butter bean hummus is a wonderful alternative to regular hummus.

Recipe by Caroline Cary

Yields1 Serving
 400 g butter beans tinned
 4 tbsp tahini
 juice half a lemon juice
 2 cloves garlic peeled and crushed
 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
 pinch cumin
1

Pop the tahini, lemon juice, garlic and water into a blender and blitz well to a paste.

2

Drain and rinse the butter beans and add to the blender, along with the olive oil, cumin and a generous seasoning of salt and pepper.

3

Blitz again until the hummus has reached a smooth purée. Taste and add more salt, lemon juice or olive oil as required and any other seasoning.

4

Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and an (optional) sprinkle of paprika

5

You can flavour this will all sorts of things and add different flavoured oils or pop in some pesto add some Olivers, shopped sun-dried tomatoes or fresh herbs. Butter Beans can be quite bland so make sure you season this well!

Ingredients

 400 g butter beans tinned
 4 tbsp tahini
 juice half a lemon juice
 2 cloves garlic peeled and crushed
 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
 pinch cumin
Butter bean hummus

Recipe by

Caroline Cary

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