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Buttered Hummus with Spicy Lamb

A tahini-free hummus made extra silky with butter and olive oil, served warm in a shallow bowl with a well of spiced lamb, tomato, green onion and golden pine nuts. A meal on its own with warm bread.

  • YieldServes 4 to 6
  • Hands-on55 min
  • Total11 h 32 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Hummus

  • 190 gdried chickpeas, soaked overnight in 1.4 l water
  • 1.4 Lwater, for cooking the chickpeas
  • 1bay leaf
  • 1 pinchbaking soda
  • 1 tspkosher salt, plus more to taste
  • 2 tbspunsalted butter
  • 2 tbspextra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsplemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • ¾ tspground cumin

Spicy lamb

  • 1 tbspextra-virgin olive oil
  • 225 gground lamb
  • ½ tspkosher salt
  • 0.13 tspground allspice
  • ¼ tspblack pepper, freshly ground
  • 1large ripe tomato, chopped
  • 4green onions, mostly the white part, finely chopped
  • 1½ tspharissa
  • 1 tbspfresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped

Pine nuts

  • 1 tbspunsalted butter
  • 2 tbsppine nuts
  • ¼ tspkosher salt

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Pine nut
  • Legumes (any)
  • Chickpeas
  • Olive
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Parsley
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Allspice
  • Cumin
  • Caraway
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Food processor

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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