Busy in Brooklyn Chummus
/At the risk of sounding blasphemous, I am not a huge chummus fan. I like it sometimes but I can’t relate to the rabid need to eat globs of it at every meal. My ex husband cannot function without it. That scene in Zohan where Adam Sandler is brushing his Israeli teeth with chummus is dead on. Chummus is life, according to many. I do like to make it for important meals, and I did so for Rosh Hashanah. I love the cookbook Millennial Kosher by Busy in Brooklyn so I took a crack at hers. I could not believe how delicious it was. It was easy to make and my guests were wowed. I have never tasted chummus this good, and if it always tasted like this then I’d also use it as toothpaste. The recipe here also teaches how to make a version with spiced beef, as well as an idea for fancy, individual serving. I just made the no frills version to keep it uncomplicated and vegetarian, and I skipped the piping bag suggestion in favor of easy mini serving bowls dusted with paprika, Zatar, chopped parsley, and olive oil drizzled on top. I finally found a chummus recipe that is inspiring me to make this Middle Eastern essential more often. My family absolutely went crazy for it, and I was totes licking the spoon.
