Roasted Carrot Hummus with Broccoli & Pine Nut Caponata
Serve with: roasted chicken breast, pork tenderloin, swordfish, raw vegetables, warm pita
Ingredients
Carrot Hummus
1½ LBS carrots
1/2 onion
3ea garlic
1 lemon
1t cumin
1t zahtar
1c chicken stock
2T evoo
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Caponata
1T evoo
½ LB broccoli
½ C red grapes
2oz pine nuts
3ea garlic
1ea jalapeño
3 anchovy filets
1/4c scallions
1t fresh oregano
3T sherry vinegar
1T urfa pepper
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Preparation
Carrot Hummus
-Begin roasting carrots in pan until caramelized-Add onion, garlic and chicken stock
-Add a pinch of salt
-Once appropriate color, transfer mixture to sheet pan, sprinkle with zahtar and coat lightly with EVOO before placing in the broiler-Once finished cooking, transfer carrot mixture to immersion blender along with EVOO
-Add chicken stock, zest & juice from one lemon and blend until smooth-
Transfer finished mixture to dish and sprinkle with spices and EVOO
Caponata
-Cut broccoli into small florets-Sprinkle pan with EVOO before adding broccoli
-Cook on high heat to get good color
-Add pinch of salt & pepper
-While broccoli continues to cook, use mandolin to cut jalapeño for heat and grapes for added sweetness
-Add pine nuts to the broccoli to get a nice toast on them
-Add anchovy filets and sprinkle with vinegar
-While broccoli mixture continues to cook, chop scallions and oregano to add at the end
-Remove from heat and add herbs, capers, fresh chopped garlic and sliced jalapeños
-Add zest and juice from 1 lemon, sliced grapes and mix it all together
-Hit with another splash of vinegar and urfa pepper
-Top carrot hummus with finished caponata mixture