Ingredients
Sweet Potato Hummus
- 700 grams Roasted Sweet Potato (Skin removed), Bake 2 sweet potato's in the oven with their skin on
- 2 cans Chick peas (drained)
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper (Optional)
- zest of 1 lemon
- juice of half a lemon
- 1 tablespoon Water if needed
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Spatula TM5/TM6
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Step 1 : How to roast the sweet potatoes place with the skin on on a tray with baking paper and cook in the oven at 200 Deg for around 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on their size until they are soft in the middle. Let the sweet potatoes cool down so that you can easily remove their skins – they should just peel off.
Step 2 : Zest one lemon using your potato peeler (removing the yellow skin only, wrap in a paper towel to remove moisture) to grind the lemon zest in the TMX add to a completely dry bowl for 1min speed 9.
"Closed lid" Step 3: Add in 2 garlic cloves and mince on speed 7 for 3 secs
"Closed lid" Step 4: Add the drained chickpeas that have been taken from the tin and drained and rinsed in the TMX basket.
Step 5: Squeeze half a lemon onto the lid of the Thermomix bowl, using the MC downturned to allow the juice to incorporate and the pips to be discarded.
Add remaining ingredients
+ salt and pepper, olive oil, ground cumin and
cayenne pepper (if using )
Step 6: Cut sweet potato into large chunks and place into the Thermomix with the remaining ingredients setting the timer for 2 mins speed 7
"Closed lid" Stopping regularly to scrape down and help along with spatula. ( you may need to add the tablespoon of water at this stage check the consistency it should be a fluffy paste)Serve with a drizzle of olive oil, sprinkle of cracked black pepper.
It is a brillant after school snack for the kids with chopped veggies or crackers, a beautiful sandwich or pizza spread.
This recipe produces a very large serving of dip and it will keep in a Tupperware container in the fridge for a week.
Sweet Potato Hummus
Tip
This recipe was converted from the fabulous Sarah Britton's recipe off her blog called www.mynewroots.org
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Recipe is created forTM 31
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Comments
This is delicious. I halved the ingredients and only needed to mix about a minute. I also left out the cayenne pepper but added some of my TMX chilli sauce. Very tasty.
Delicious - but I think next time I would add a bit more spice for an extra kick!