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Recipe By : Ellen Sweets / The Dallas Morning News

Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Beans Ethnic

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08/18/99

By Ellen Sweets / The Dallas Morning News

Hummus, houmos, hommos: No matter how you spell or pronounce it, this

popularized dip is still as versatile.

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In addition to its usual use as a dip for pita, hummus is a multipurpose

food, accommodating fish, fowl, vegetables, salads and sandwiches. For more

ideas, visit www.tribeoftwosheiks.com, or call 1-800-848-6687. But for now,

here area few ideas:

* Keep the usual capers and chopped red onion, but instead of cream cheese,

spread your next bagel with hummus with dill to complement smoked salmon.

* Skip the sour cream and chives on a baked potato and use hummus with

scallions instead.

* Thin a package of roasted garlic hummus with a few tablespoons of water

(or chicken stock) and toss with pasta, instead of heavy cream and butter

as a variation on fettuccine Alfredo; or toss thinned roasted garlic hummus

with tortellini, cherry tomatoes and baby green peas.

* Dress your next grilled hamburger (or lamb-burger) with jalapeno or

scallion hummus instead of mayonnaise, then finish it off with the usual

onion, tomato and lettuce.

* If a vegetarian sandwich is more to your liking, layer either a pita

pocket or your favorite bread with a grilled portabella, sliced tomato, and

substitute chile-lime hummus for mayonnaise.

* For a different twist on a Caesar salad, dress it with roasted garlic

hummus diluted with a teaspoon of lemon juice and another of olive oil;

then toss it with toasted pita croutons instead of bread.

* For a late-summer salad, substitute sun-dried tomato hummus for

mayonnaise in a macaroni salad garnished with sliced tomatoes and scallions.

* For your next party shrimp platter, try roasted red pepper or a

chile-pepper hummus instead of the traditional horseradish, lemon and

catsup mix for dipping the little crustaceans.

* The next time you're in a mood for chili, whether vegetarian or

meat-based, thicken it with green onion-cumin hummus instead of flour or

masa harina.

* Hummus can even be used in a variation of that old party fave,

seven-layer bean dip, substituting a traditional hummus for refried beans.

The trick here is to find a taste and texture you like and go with it. If

you're feeling innovative, do a variation on a theme of what Dallas

restaurateur Avner Samuel does at his restaurant, Bistro A: Take a round of

pita, spread it with a roasted garlic hummus, and top it with minced lamb,

pine nuts, red onion and fresh mint.

Putting hummus to work in your kitchen requires some experimentation, but

once you find a favored brand and flavor, the uses will follow.

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Per serving: 0 Calories; 0g Fat (0% calories from fat); 0g Protein; 0g

Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 0mg Sodium

 

NOTES : http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/food/0818food2hummus.htm

 

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