My absolute favorite restaurant serves italian white bean hummus with flatbread crisps as an appetizer. (Please promise me you’ll go here if you are ever in the Chicago area.) I could go just for the hummus and maybe a drink. But you know how that goes—if you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk.

Because I can’t abstain from the rest of the menu, I learned how to make white bean hummus at home. It’s pretty darn close, and it’s pretty darn good. Although I have yet to try making the flat bread crisps. Not sure if I can pull those off.

Can I tell you the best thing about this hummus? It brings good friends around a table. Put a couple plates of hummus out. Pita chips. Or grilled naan. A bottle of wine. And that’s a recipe for a good evening.

Italian White Bean Hummus

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• Yield: serves 8-12 1x

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Ingredients

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• 2 15oz. cans of cannellini beans
• 1/4 c. tahini
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp. cumin
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/4 c. extra-virgin olive oil + more for serving
• 1/4 c.-1/2 c. warm water (as needed)
• red pepper flakes
• parmesan cheese, grated

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Instructions

1. Rinse and drain beans.
2. Place beans in a food processor or high powered blender. Add tahini, lemon juice, salt, cumin, and garlic.
3. Turn the processor on and slowly pour in olive oil. Process until smooth and thick. Add warm water as needed to thin if texture is too thick. Cover and refrigerate.
4. To serve, place hummus on a plate. Drag the back of a spoon in a swirling pattern around top of hummus (not pictured). Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes. Accompany with pita chips, naan, or flat bread crisps.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Food Network.

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