Pesto Hummus

Ingredients

• 1/2
  
  cup fresh basil
  
• 1/4
  
  cup pine nuts, lightly roasted
  
• 4
  
  cloves of garlic, roasted
  
• 1/4
  
  cup extra virgin olive oil
  
• 1
  
  cup of chickpeas, or 1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas
  
• 1/2
  
  cup chickpea liquid or water
  
• 3
  
  tablespoons tahini paste
  
• 
  
  Juice of 1 lemon (about 1 tablespoon)
  
• 1
  
  teaspoon salt
  
• 1/2
  
  teaspoon black pepper
  

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

2. First roast the garlic. Put garlic cloves on a foil lined sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil. Fold the foil into a packet and roast at 325 degrees F until garlic is soft, or about 30 minutes. Cool.

3. Now it’s hummus time! First blend up the basil, pine nuts, garlic and a drizzle of the olive oil in a food processor. Then add the chickpeas, chickpea liquid or water, tahini paste, lemon juice, remaining olive oil, salt and pepper and blend until smooth!