Garlic-infused lemon juice for Hummus making

Make this either ahead of making the Hummus, or while the beans are cooking/heating up.

Ingredients:

  • 2-4 Lemons
  • 3-5 Garlic cloves

Instructions

  • Squeeze the juice of the lemons (to yield about 1/2 – 3/4)
  • Peel the garlic cloves
  • Place the fresh lemon juice and the garlic cloves into a mini food processor with a splash of freshwater (~ 1/8th of a cup or more if you prefer a less sour result)
  • Moosh it all together in the mini food processor.
  • Through a fine-mesh strainer, push the mix into a container, and use a spoon to smash the garlic through the fine strainer into a smooth lemon liquid.
Strainer to push garlic through with a spoon

Alternative prep method, without a food-processor:

  • Grate the garlic using a microplane fine grater (see below) to make a paste of garlic
  • Mix it well with the fresh lemon and a splash of water
  • You may still run it through the strainer, but I found that using this method, the strainer step doesn’t add much.
Microplane fine grater

You can store the juice in the fridge for a good few weeks if you made extra.

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