Monday 25 August 2014

Pesto Cannellini Bean Houmous

Pesto Cannellini Bean Houmous - vegan, gluten-free and soy-free
I really can't believe I haven't thought of this before - combining my two most favourite foods, pesto and houmous, into one! I was inspired by this Bean and Pesto Mash on BBC Good Food which was just a can of beans mashed with some store bought pesto and a little olive oil. For my version here I've used my pesto recipe and added some of my homemade vegan parmesan
Pesto Cannellini Bean Houmous - vegan, gluten-free and soy-free
Further I wanted a really super smooth and creamy spread as opposed to a chunky mash so I threw everything into my Froothie Optimum 9400 blender which did an amazing job! It's absolutely silky smooth and I didn't even have to make the pesto first, just threw all the ingredients in and blended :-)
Pesto Cannellini Bean Houmous - vegan, gluten-free and soy-free
We've been loving this as a late night snack with some vegan butter grilled french bread slices but it would also make an excellent sandwich spread, filling for wraps with some roasted veggies or as a dip with crudites. 

Note that I would recommend omitting the water if you will be using this primarily as a sandwich spread so that it is thicker.
Pesto Cannellini Bean Houmous - vegan, gluten-free and soy-free

Pesto and Cannellini Bean Houmous

1 x 400g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed (about 215g drained weight)
50g/ 2 cups packed fresh basil, washed (remove thicker stems)
2 cloves garlic
25g/2 Tbsp pine nuts, toasted
60 ml/ ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp lemon juice
¼ tsp salt 
about 9 grinds freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup/ 4 Tbsp vegan parmesan* recipe below
1 Tbsp water to thin if needed 

Add everything to your blender in the order given. For my Froothie Optimum 9400 I used the tamper tool to mix as it blended. Start on low and turn up to medium-high speed. Blend until super smooth and bright green. 

Vegan Parmesan: (makes the 1/4 cup you need)

2 Tbsp nutritional yeast, finely ground in either a blender or a mortar and pestle
2 Tbsp ground almonds (almond meal)
¼ tsp salt

Pesto Cannellini Bean Houmous - vegan, gluten-free and soy-free

Butter Grilled French Bread:

Slice a baguette in diagonal slices. Spread with vegan butter on both sides and fry in a grill pan until golden both sides.

Pesto Cannellini Bean Houmous - vegan, gluten-free and soy-free



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Nutritional Information: per 100g

Calories: 245
Protein: 6.6g
Fibre: 4.8g
Carbs: 11g
Sugar: 2.0g
Fat: 20.8g
Sat Fat: 2.6g
Sodium: 410mg

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6 comments:

  1. This looks SO smooth! The Froothie blender really is pretty magical isn't it?!
    I've added basil to hummus before but not all the ingredients for pesto.

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  2. Love, love love this! I grow lots of basil every year & freeze mounds of my own pesto and you're right, it is delicious mixed with houmous.
    Janie x

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  3. Fab idea Debbie and look how smooth it is. Just wonderful!

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  4. oh it looks awesome, what a beautiful colour!

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  5. Thanks so much for the comments!

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