Pumpkin Hummus Recipe is a vegetarian mixture of pumpkin puree, garbanzo beans, Tahini, lemon juice and olive oil garnished with toasted pumpkin seeds and served with sliced round carrots with sprig of flat leaf parsley to look like a mini pumpkin.
Pumpkin Hummus Recipe
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
1 cup pumpkin puree- tested Libby’s*®
1 –15 1/2 ounce ) can garbanzo beans, drained
1/2 cup sesame seed paste -Tahini
3 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Garnish: 4 tablespoons roasted, salted pumpkin seeds and olive oil to drizzle.
* Tahini can be found in most grocery stores in special ethnic foods section.
** Do not use pumpkin pie filling.
Instructions
- In bowl of food processor, combine garbanzo beans, tahini, pumpkin, juice, garlic and salt. Process until well blended, be sure to scrape down sides of bowl and continue to process til smooth.
- Spoon mixture into serving bowl, sprinkle with roasted pumpkin seeds and drizzle with olive oil.
- Serve with pumpkin dippers, pita bread, pepper strips, thin flat crackers.
Notes
Pumpkin dippers are 1/2 inch sliced rounds of peeled carrots, flat leaf parsley and picked together like a dipper with a toothpick. The round carrot shape with the flat leaf parsley makes this look like a mini pumpkin.
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