Recipe here.
I was about to junk Ms. Lawson altogether, because too many of her recipes don't work. This one, however, works brilliantly. Seriously, it's the best homemade hummus I've ever had. I like hummus well enough, but I'm not going to buy the ready-made stuff (too expensive) and I'm not going to make my own using tahini, a foodstuff that costs a lot of money and which is, I think, detestable. It's so...oily and nasty and evil-tasting. I understand that hummus needs something oily and nasty in it, but tahini is so expensive and I'm so broke and and and and...
..and then I discovered this recipe that subs creamy peanut butter for tahini, and adds Greek yogurt--genius!--for a texture and taste that are at once comforting and milder-flavored. (I used plain, not Greek yogurt, because I don't care for it. It was still delicious.) I don't like huge amounts of raw garlic, but the amount in this recipe is perfect. This tastes wonderful on toast and sandwiches. Even Baby B ate some.
In short, Nigella and I are friends again. I'm not going to do any more of her pastas or her baking, but I'll trust her on spreads and dips.
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