It’s hummus.
But it tastes like pizza.
This initially started out as regular hummus. I’d never made my own hummus before, so I trusted a recipe from Vegnews. It was easy enough to make, but the finished product tasted quite bland.
In an effort to jazz up the flavor, I turned to Hunts (as I often do when a recipe needs a flavor boost). And then, little by little, plain-jane hummus morphed into…
Super Pizza Hummus!
With super powers.
Maybe it needs a theme song… Anyone want to work on that?
Melty Pizza Hummus
(gluten-free)
Found here: Healthy Recipes with Beans
- 1/2 cup cooked garbanzo beans (drained) (75g)
- 2-4 tbsp nutritional yeast
- heaping 1/2 tsp dry basil
- heaping 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp basil-and-garlic tomato sauce (90g) (Or plain tomato sauce, and add a little extra basil and garlic) (I used Hunts.)
- 1 tbsp olive oil (For a fat-free dip, you can omit. But you’ll lose the richer the flavor.)
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend very well, until there are no chunks left. (I used a Cuisinart.) Scoop into a serving dish, and serve with chips, raw veggies, or whatever else strikes your fancy. Or use as a spread for sandwiches or toasted bread. (If you like your hummus cold, chill in the fridge before serving.) Fridged in a closed container, this’ll keep at least a few days.
View Pizza Hummus Nutrition Facts
Do you like hummus?
Have you ever tried a flavored one? Oddly enough, the best hummus I’ve ever eaten was in Hong Kong. I was there for a varsity tennis tournament, and we stumbled upon this tiny Middle Eastern restaurant one night. Have you ever noticed some of the best food can be found in those hole-in-the-wall places?
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What is the best processor to make hummus? I don’t want any lumps when I am done.
I really like my Cuisinart :).
I just tried this recipe today and loved it! You have yet to give a recipe out that I didn’t like. I love pinning new things to try on Pinterest and then giving people feedback on my blog. Today your hummus was one of my “tests” and it was a major success! Keep bringing these amazing recipes!
http://tipsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/2012/02/pinterest-kitchen-pizza-hummus.html
Gorgeous! Your photography is beautiful :).
Oh– for a fun BBQ-esque version, get the fire roasted tomatoes. 😀
Hey Katie,
I have just discovered your site…it is amazing! I am perusing now for recipes I want to try and gathering an ingredients list (shopping day tomorrow). Thanks for the inspiration….would love to see a cookbook (and I notice you’re working on one)!
I made this awesome hummus over the weekend and it is delicious!! I have tried several other types of hummus and have never really enjoyed it. But this recipe is the exception to the rule. I am not vegan so I substituted parmesan cheese for the nutritional yeast. I have to say I just LOVE your blog. I can’t wait to work my way through all of the yummy recipes. Thanks Katie!!
I was looking around for a different flavor for hummus recipe today and stumbled upon this website. First off, great site and the food looks so good despite knowing it is healthy! Fr the pizza hummus, I didn’t have (and had no look finding either) the nutritional yeast. Since you said it gave it the cheesy taste, and as I am not a vegan myself, I substituted Parmesan cheese in place of it. I kept everything else the same except to add a little more true pizza flavor I added some turkey pepperoni in the processor. Wow! This is so yummy! And even though I changed/ added a few items, it is still super healthy and low fat! I ate it with homemade pita chips seasoned with olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper and a few Sociables crackers (which added a unique flavor that made it taste even more like pizza)! Thanks for the great recipe and site…I’m addicted to your site already!
Aw thank you, Amanda!
I like the idea of pizza hummus. Why do you add Yeast?
Nutritional yeast has a cheesy flavor 🙂
Holy moly this is one of my new favorite types of hummus! I didn’t have great success with the deep dish cookie pie unfortunately (but I will try it again), but this was definitely a delicious success! Thank you for a great recipe!
Oh, tripled the recipe to use an entire can of beans and Hunts. I still kept it to 1T of oil and used 6T of nooch. Also, because my tomato sauce was plain I added an extra heaping 1/2t of basil and 3 cloves garlic. Yummy! Great with tortilla chips!
Well this is the first time I’ve ever heard of hummus not made with chick peas…odd cause I love lebanese food as my grandmother used to make a lot of it from scratch. I’ll definately have to try this. I just looked up hummus and found it can be made by exchanging out the chick peas for other beans …wow learned something new today! I’ll have to keep looking for all types of hummus recipes! Thanks!!!!
Chick peas and garbonzo beans are the same thing.
Wow!! I was just about to have a snack of hummus and carrots but I thought back to this recipe that I have wanted to try for about a month! I happened to have all of the ingredients in the cabinet (I swear it was fate!) so I dumped them in the mini prep and A-mazing! I had to limit myself to about a quater of the batch (I tripled the recipe to use the entire can of chickpeas!) but I might end up eating the entire thing in 2 days like I did the banana buttter recipe (whoops!)! So good and so much cheaper than a certain favorite brand of mine that I won’t mention 😉 thanks Katie!