Black garlic hummus, with truffle oil and lemon-lime pearls

Simply spectacular and delicious. Come in to surprise this Christmas! I am a great lover of hummus, especially the traditional one, but there are other very interesting versions as well as the pea hummus (for my taste one of the best) or the lentil hummus. If you like hummus, I recommend that you visit all of the ones we have because you will find really interesting and surprising options.

But in this case I have based myself on the recipe of Hummus chickpea traditional and we have combined the precious black garlic and an exquisite touch of black truffle oil. And we have complemented it with some lemon lime pearls to make it more original and colorful. In addition, in the mouth, the contrast of textures between the hummus and the pearls is very interesting, which literally explode in your mouth. Now at Christmas time in supermarkets or more specialized stores of gourmet products you can find these products, mine are fishing. If you want to do without the pearls, you can add the juice of 1/2 lemon directly to the hummus cream and that's it.

About the black garlic its producers explain that it is obtained by fermenting raw garlic with seawater for between 60 and 90 days. Surprisingly, its smell and taste have nothing to do with raw garlic, on the contrary, its texture is soft and tender and its smell is very pleasant, being its taste similar to that of candied blackberry. Its properties are very beneficial for diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and cancer prevention. I recommend you try it, it will surprise you, I really tell you. Nowadays you can already buy it in almost any store (in Lidl they always have it), especially in the local neighborhood markets.

And finally, you can prepare this hummus in advance and assemble it at the last minute.

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Exquisite starter to surprise this Christmas: chickpea hummus with black garlic, truffle and lemon-lime pearls. Accompanied with slices of bread it is delicious.

• Irene Arcas

• Kitchen: Modern
• Recipe type: vegetables
• Calories: 250
• Rations: 6

• Cooking time: 3M
• Total time: 3M

Ingredients

• 1 pot of cooked chickpeas, drained
• 2 tablespoons chickpea broth or water
• 2 large tablespoons of tahine
• 1 small fresh garlic clove without the germ inside (if it is very large, we will put only 1/2)
• 6 cloves of black garlic
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon truffle oil
• a pinch of cumin
• a pinch of black pepper
• 50 g of virgin olive oil
• ½ teaspoon of sweet paprika (or spicy if you like it more)
• 1 tin of lemon lime pearls
• chives (optional)
• slices of bread to accompany

Preparation

1. We put all the ingredients (except chives and pearls) in the glass and crush 2 minutes at speed 7. We check that it is being crushed well, if not, we stop, lower the remains from the walls and the lid towards the blades and reprogram.

2. If it is too thick, add a bit of water and grind again for a few seconds at speed 4.

3. Serve in bowls, drizzle with olive oil, add the lemon-lime pearls and chives.

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