Beet Hummus
Traditional hummus made bright and festive with red beet. This hummus is so pretty, it's hard to take the first bite! But it's a great way to sneak some extra nutrients and color into your snack!
Why this Beet Hummus recipe works
It is super easy, ready in minutes, and requires under 5 ingredients! Just blend everything in the blender and it's ready to serve with fresh cut veggies and crudite.
The other cool thing about this pink bet hummus recipe is that it uses a combination of olive oil and water for a lighter, yet still fully flavored, taste and texture.
Hummus Ingredients
This recipe is super simple, requiring just garbanzo beans (aka chick peas), 1 red beet, tahini, extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and salt and pepper to taste.
Beets
The pink color in this hummus comes from the diluted red beet. There's no need to cook the beet beforehand, you can just add it in raw, which gives the dish extra enzymes that help you digest and a fresher flavor.
When preparing the beet, remove the greens and save for another recipe, like these beet green meatballs or wilted garlic beet greens. Make sure to also remove and compost the root at the bottom of the beet.
Garbanzo Beans
Also known as chick peas, the garbanzo beans are the heart of all hummus. So while beet adds color, texture and flavor, garbanzo beans remain the core of the beet hummus recipe.
They are best prepared dried, soaked, sprouted, and boiled. However, you can also boil a can of organic garbanzo beans to use in this recipe as well.
Make sure the beans are cooked before pureeing them into the hummus.
Tahini
The most amazing ingredient on earth that is so good in all applications from sweet to savory and especially as salad dressing!
Tahini gives that salty earthy and nearly umami flavor of hummus. Skipping it will leave you dissapointed in the final taste.
Tahini is basically sesame seed butter so it is safe for those avoiding nuts.
Making the Hummus
Again, this recipe is quite easy. If we really break it down, there are 3 steps
- Boil the garbanzo beans and drain
- Add all ingredients to blender, puree until smooth
- Put in a bowl and garnish with flaky sea salt and herbs
That's it!
Serving the pink beet hummus
This hummus is best served with rainbow carrots, radishes, jicama, cucumbers, and freshly baked sourdough.
Traditional hummus made bright and pink with a beet that also sneaks in some extra nutrients. This hummus is ready in minutes and is so pretty, it's hard to take the first bite!
- 1 1/4 cup garbanzo beans (ideally soaked, sprouted and boiled)
- 1 beet (red)
- 1/3 cup tahini
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
- flaky sea salt (optional for garnish)
- Boil beans. Remove greens and root base from beet
- Put all ingredients in a blender and pulse until smooth, about 60 seconds
- Pour into a bowl and sprinkle with flaky sea salt
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 67kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 5g8%
- Saturated Fat 1g5%
- Sodium 5mg1%
- Potassium 56mg2%
- Total Carbohydrate 4g2%
- Dietary Fiber 1g4%
- Sugars 1g
- Protein 2g4%
- Vitamin A 5 IU
- Vitamin C 1 mg
- Calcium 10 mg
- Iron 1 mg
* This nutrition information does not tell the whole story of food's nutritional value! Make sure to use your gut intuition on what your body needs, eat your veggies and get 30 plants a week for optimal gut health. This nutritional data is calculated based on the above values and standard brands. This information may vary. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Tried this Recipe? Tag me Today! Mention @EatYourWayClean or tag #EatYourWayClean!
Using a thyme-infused sea salt for garnish with little bits of thyme and flowers makes for a beautiful presentation.