I’ve been having a lot enjoyable sharing a few of my favourite appetizers from this 12 months’s cooking season. Final week I shared my Beef Stuffed Cocktail Peppers and earlier than that my Cranberry Pecan Gouda Truffles. As we speak I’m thrilled to share the third appetizer for this occasion season, Mediterranean Hummus.
Earlier than I inform you extra about this flavor-packed appetizer, I wish to speak a bit in regards to the shade in your occasion tables. When you find yourself planning appetizers for a celebration, be certain and take into consideration including loads of shade. If you happen to serve all brown meals, regardless of how tasty it’s, it’ll appear and feel boring. Plan to toss in a couple of dishes which have a giant shade impression to pop the desk and the providing. That’s precisely what my vibrant Mediterranean Hummus does! Learn on for a Professional-Tip.
This extremely lovely appetizer could be made in about 5 minutes. Unfold your favourite hummus on a plate or shallow dish. I used pink pepper hummus, not solely is its orange tone great, nevertheless it additionally has wonderful taste. Subsequent, chop olives, cucumbers, pink onion, and tomato and sprinkle them together with crumbled feta cheese over the hummus. Serve with carrot sticks, corn chips, or pita chips.
Your loved ones and associates are going to like this one and so will you as a result of it’s so quick and attractive!!
Mediterranean Hummus.
1 package deal roasted pink pepper hummus or make your individual (recipe under)
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped cucumbers
1/2 cup chopped olives
1/4 cup chopped pink pepper
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
Unfold hummus in a shallow dish. Sprinkle chopped greens and feta cheese over the hummus. Serve with carrot sticks, pita chips, or corn chips.
Roasted Crimson Pepper Hummus
1 15 ounce can chickpeas drained and washed
1 pink bell pepper roasted and diced
1 clove garlic
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ cup recent squeezed lemon juice
¼ cup tahini paste
2 tablespoons olive oil
Sprint of cayenne pepper
Put all substances in a meals processor and pulse till creamy. Serve with pita chips.
Professional-Tip– To offer meals an actual pop, do what my favourite Parisian chef taught me. Chop flat leaf parsley very finely. Wring the parsley out in a dish towel till it is rather dry. Then sprinkle it over platters of meals like confetti and you should have a instantaneous meals pop!
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Lorie
