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Roasted Carrot Hummus with Hand-Cut Pita Chips

April 11, 2014 by Brett Youmans 11 Comments

Roasted Carrot Hummus with Hand-Cut Pita Chips I just love hummus.  How does something so simple taste so darn good?  As you’ve seen from my recent posts, I’ve been on this Easter kick lately.  {I think it’s spring fever mostly but we’ll blame it on Easter…}  This week I wanted to do something with carrots because, well, the Easter Bunny loves carrots.  Duh.  So why not carrot hummus?  That’s what I said!

Roasting brings out the sweetness in most vegetables and carrots are no exception.  In culinary matrimony, carrots + cumin + orange = true love.  Throw in some garlic, chickpeas, tahini, and cilantro and you have Roasted Carrot Hummus!

Here’s what you need.  And here’s a tip that I learned from my friend Lynn:  You don’t always have to follow the recipe.  Don’t have an orange?  Fine, use another acid like lime — probably even better.  No shallot?  It’s not a deal breaker, I use shallots in just about everything because we planted so many in the garden last year, it’s become sort of a habit.  Want more heat?  Leave the seeds in the jalapeño pepper.  It’s just cooking, have some fun with it!

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Toss the carrots, garlic, shallots, and jalapeno with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper and roast in a 400 degree oven for about 20 minutes until lightly browned and tender.

Roasted Carrot Hummus with Hand-Cut Pita Chips

Meanwhile, separate each pita bread round to yield 2 thin rounds from each — if you like thicker chips, skip this step.  Stack the rounds, cut in half, and cut each half into fourths to form triangular wedges.  Spread the wedges smooth side down on a large baking sheet and brush with olive oil.

Roasted Carrot Hummus with Hand-Cut Pita Chips

In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade, process the roasted vegetables with the other ingredients until desired consistency and enjoy with warm pita chips!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Roasted Carrot Hummus with Hand-Cut Pita Chips

 

Roasted Carrot Hummus with Hand-Cut Pita Chips
 
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Prep time
5 minutes
Cook time
30 minutes
Total time
35 minutes
 
Roasting brings out the sweetness in most vegetables and carrots are no exception. In culinary matrimony, carrots + cumin + orange = true love. Throw in some garlic, chickpeas, tahini, and cilantro and you have Roasted Carrot Hummus!
Author: Brett@MisterMartha.com
Recipe type: Appetizer
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 3-4 carrots, roughly chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, halved
  • 1 shallot, sliced
  • 1 jalapeño, halved
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • kosher salt and freshly ground black peppercorns, as desired
  • 4 (8-inch) pita bread rounds
  • ¾ cup canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans), reserve liquid
  • ¼ cup tahini paste
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon orange zest
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ½ cup cilantro leaves
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Toss the carrots, garlic, shallots, and jalapeño with 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast for 20 minutes or until lightly browned and tender.
  2. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Separate each pita bread round to yield 2 thin rounds from each. Stack the rounds, cut in half, and cut each half into fourths to form triangular wedges. Spread the wedges smooth side down on a large baking sheet and brush with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Flip the chips so the smooth side is up and bake 5 minutes longer or until brown and crispy.
  3. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade, add 1 cup of the roasted roasted carrots and the roasted garlic, shallot, and jalapeño. Add the chickpeas and ¼ cup reserved liquid, tahini paste, orange juice and zest, cumin, and cilantro. Process until smooth or desired consistency. Serve with warm pita chips and enjoy!
Notes
Add additional liquid (orange juice or reserved chickpea liquid) to attain desired consistency.

If you like thicker pita chips, don't separate the pita rounds.
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Egg Shell Seed Pots

 

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Comments

  1. Lisa says

    April 11, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    Sounds yummy and I have all the ingredients so I think we will e having this for 5:00 somewhere

    Reply
    • Brett says

      April 11, 2014 at 1:56 pm

      Thanks, Lisa! I hope you like it!

      Reply
  2. Katie | Healthy Seasonal Recipes says

    April 11, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    Brett,
    So glad to have come to your website via Healthy Aperture. I am in COMPLETE agreement about the combo of carrot, cumin, orange! High fives coming your way about that. I love this recipe idea. Now I am going to click through to soical follow you too. Glad to meet you 😉

    Reply
    • Brett says

      April 12, 2014 at 10:31 am

      Hi Katie–nice to meet you and thanks for stopping by! I just took a peek at your beautiful site and decided I need to make lunch first so I don’t try to eat the images on my computer! 😉 Happy to have a new foodie crush!

      Reply
  3. Samantha says

    April 12, 2014 at 9:41 am

    I just discovered your site, it’s wonderful! I’m new to the food blogging community, happy to have a new food site to explore!

    Reply
    • Brett says

      April 12, 2014 at 10:21 am

      Hi Samantha! I’m new to this as well having just started at the beginning of March but have discovered what a wonderful community of support we have! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  4. Danielle @ The Growing Foodie says

    April 12, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    What an amazing idea!! John hates chickpeas but loves carrots – I bet I could get him into this 🙂 delicious and gorgeous too!

    Reply
    • Brett says

      April 15, 2014 at 1:24 pm

      Thanks, Danielle! Super easy to make and he’ll never know there are chickpeas in there — it will be our little secret! 😉

      Reply
  5. AJ says

    September 20, 2014 at 2:34 pm

    This is exactly what I was looking for!

    Reply
  6. Howie says

    November 28, 2014 at 4:57 am

    Especially your second photo looks amazing! Will have to try out this recipe, pinned!

    Reply
    • Brett Youmans says

      December 4, 2014 at 11:42 pm

      Thank you — this makes my day!

      Reply

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