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A red dish filled with creamy baked hummus topped with pine nuts and olive oil, placed on a textured cloth next to pieces of flatbread on a wooden board.
Little Figgy Food

Baked Hummus with Toasted Pine nuts

4.77 from 13 votes
Enjoy this Baked Hummus with buttery toasted pine nuts! Makes for a great appetizer or snack at any party or get together.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 4 - 6

Ingredients
  

  • 2 15.5 cans Chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 1 tsp ground Cumin
  • 4 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 Tbsp Tahini paste
  • 2 - 3 Garlic cloves skin removed, can leave leave whole or minced
  • Lemon juice from 3 - 4 lemons
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
For the Pine Nuts:
  • ¼ cup Pine Nuts
  • 2 Tbsp unsalted Butter
  • 1 tsp crushed Chili flakes or Sumac

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
  2. In a blender, add the drained Chickpeas and all ingredients through Lemon juice, blend until you have a smooth puree. Taste and adjust seasoning with Salt & Pepper and add a bit more Lemon juice if needed.
  3. In a dry saute pan, toast the Pine Nuts until just starting to brown. Be careful not to burn. Once there's a bit of color on them, add in the Butter and allow to melt, swirling around to coat pine nuts. Add in the crushed Chili flakes, saute for 1 - 2 minutes.
  4. In a 4 - 6 cup oven safe dish, pour in the Hummus, top with the buttery Pine Nuts, then bake for about 20 - 25 minutes.
  5. Hummus will rise a bit, so make sure not to overfill dish. Once baked, remove from oven and serve immediately with crusty bread, crackers or pita bread.
Enjoy!

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