Hummus - Mike's Recipe

John: the trick here is to do this slowly or it can be ugly. First you start off with about 4 tablespoons of Olive Oil and then squeeze all the lemon in there and then put the tahini and let blend in processor and then put the cut up garlic - the reason why you want to cut up the garlic first is to expose oxygen to it which makes it more pungent and then you put it in the blender. Then give 2 dashes of soy sauce. Slowly put in several tablespoons of garbanzo/chickpeas in and let blend - don?t do it all at once. Trust me - you want it to blend in smoothly. After you do this for about ? of the can - pour another dash of olive oil - the oil is what helps it blend smoothly rather be very pasty. Keep doing this and then top it off with the seasonings (pepper, salt and cumin). Let blend until the hummus is smooth not pasty or lumpy. You might need to put another dash of olive oil in there.