Joe’s Hummus with Pine Nuts

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained with 1/4 cup of the liquid reserved
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 1/4 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 2 pinches salt
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed peppercorns

Directions

Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Toast pine nuts in skillet, stirring frequently, until fragrant and beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes.

Blend chickpeas, reserved liquid, lemon juice, 1/4 cup olive oil, tahini, garlic, cumin, paprika, salt, and crushed peppercorns in a food processor until smooth. Stir toasted pine nuts into the puree. Drizzle olive oil over the hummus.