Black Olive & Cashew Tapenade

from the last Pike Market Community Kitchen

Ingredients:
2 cans black olives
1 tin anchovies, drained (with or without capers included; we used one with capers)
1/2 head garlic, peeled & rough chopped
2/3 C cashews
1/2 bu parsley, rough chopped
1 C olive oil
1 lemon, juiced
black pepper to taste

Instructions:
1. Pulse all ingredients together in a food processor until blended but still a bit chunky. Serve over toast, as a dip for vegetables or pita, or as a stuffing for meat or vegetables.

Delicious Hummus

this is a condensed-format recipe, designed for a pocket recipe book called "Learn to Cook" I made and gave out to random people at the Pike Market for a few months in 2009. some of the ingredients may be difficult to find outside of the market, and can be substituted or disregarded.

2 cans garbanzo beans
4 T sesame tahini
1/4 head garlic [peel & rough chop]
1 lemon [juice]
1 t kosher salt
1/2 t black pepper
1/3 C water

[in a food processor, pulse, then blend all the ingredients together until the hummus is almost fluffy. the whipped consistency of hummus is important to fully enjoy the flavor.]

Hummus

Ingredients:
1 #10 can garbanzo beans
1/2 10 (or 12?) oz can tahini (sesame paste)
1 head garlic
2 ea lemons, juiced
1/2 C water
1 T salt
1 t pepper

(garnish:)
olive oil
1 bu parsley, chopped
ground sumac

Method:
1. Blend together all ingredients except the garnish in a food
processor until very smooth. Add a bit more water if needed.
2. Taste for seasoning. Garnish with the garnish and serve with
toasted pita, vegetables or whatever you like.