Hummus Appetizer Bites
 
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These hummus bites are great as hors d'oeuvres for a party or a healthy snack before dinner. They deliver a mouthful of smooth and tangy hummus atop a flaky crust.
Recipe type: Appealing Appetizers and Breads
Serves: 12 bites
Ingredients
  • 1[1/4] cups all-purpose flour
  • [1/2] tsp. salt
  • 5 TB. cold butter
  • 2 TB. vegetable shortening
  • [1/4] cup ice water
  • 1 batch Traditional Hummus (recipe in Chapter 12)
  • 1 tsp. paprika
  • 12 kalamata olives
  • 12 fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
  1. In a food processor fitted with a chopping blade, pulse 1 cup all-purpose flour and salt 5 times.
  2. Add cold butter and vegetable shortening, and pulse for 1 minute or until mixture resembles coarse meal.
  3. Continue to pulse while adding water for about 1 minute. Test dough; if it holds together when you pinch it, it doesn't require any additional moisture. If it does not come together, add another 3 tablespoons water.
  4. Remove dough from the food processor, place in a plastic bag, form into a flat disc, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 425ºF.
  6. Remove dough from the plastic bag, and dust both sides with flour. Sprinkle your counter with flour.
  7. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough to [1/4] inch thickness. Using a 2-inch circle cookie cutter, cut out 12 circles of dough. Gently mold dough circles into a mini muffin tin, and using a fork, gently poke dough.
  8. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, and set aside to cool.
  9. Spoon about 1 tablespoon Traditional Hummus on top of each cooled piecrust, sprinkle with paprika, and top with add 1 kalamata olive and 1 parsley leaf each. Serve immediately or refrigerate.
Notes
Healthy Hint
If you don't have time to make the piecrust, you can purchase ready-made piecrust and save a lot of time. I like to make it myself because I can control the amount of fat I add to it.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 bite Calories: 229 Fat: 16g Saturated fat: 5g Carbohydrates: 18g Sodium: 13mg Fiber: 2g Protein: 5g Cholesterol: 374mg
Recipe by Dedemed at https://dedemed.com/hummus-appetizers-recipe/