Description
A fresh and nutritious peanut hummus recipe blended with chickpeas, tahini, lemon, and smoked paprika, served with crisp apple slices, carrot sticks, and celery batons. Perfect as a healthy spread or dip, offering a delightful mix of creamy texture and crunchy fruits and vegetables for a wholesome snack or light meal.
Ingredients
Scale
Hummus
- 380g carton chickpeas
- Zest and juice of ½ lemon (reserve the other ½ lemon to squeeze over apple slices to prevent browning)
- 1 tbsp tahini
- ½ – 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbsp roasted unsalted peanuts
- 1 tsp rapeseed oil
Fruit & Vegetable Sticks
- 2 crisp red apples, cored and cut into slices
- 2 carrots, cut into sticks
- 4 celery sticks, cut into batons lengthways
Instructions
- Prepare Chickpeas: Drain the chickpeas, reserving the liquid from the carton for later use.
- Blend Hummus Base: Place three-quarters of the drained chickpeas into a food processor. Add the lemon zest and juice, tahini, smoked paprika, roasted unsalted peanuts, rapeseed oil, and 3 tablespoons of the reserved chickpea liquid. Blitz until smooth and creamy.
- Incorporate Whole Chickpeas: Gently stir in the remaining quarter of whole chickpeas to add texture and bite to the hummus.
- Prepare Fruit & Veg Sticks: Core and slice the apples. Optionally, squeeze leftover lemon over the apple slices to prevent browning. Cut the carrots and celery into sticks and batons respectively.
- Serve: Transfer the peanut hummus to a serving bowl and accompany it with the prepared fruit and vegetable sticks. Use it as a spread or dip according to preference.
Notes
- To achieve a dipping consistency for softer vegetables like chicory leaves, sugar snap peas, or cucumber, add more chickpea liquid or a little water when blending.
- Roasted unsalted peanuts provide the best flavor balance without increasing saltiness.
- This hummus works well as both a spread on fruit slices and a dip for fresh vegetable sticks.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Snack
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keywords: peanut hummus, chickpea dip, healthy snack, fruit and veg sticks, tahini hummus, smoked paprika hummus, Mediterranean dip, vegetarian snack
