Butternut Hummus

Hummus is a paste made from basically chickpeas and sesame seed paste (tahini). I recently came an article in which there spread was butternut hummus. I loved the idea so I got to work in my kitchen and this is what I did:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 butternut
• pepper
• salt
• garlic
• peanut oil
• sesame seed paste
• sriracha hot chili sauce

First of all you cut up the butternut up into dice of the same size and throw them in a bowl to coat them with (peanut) oil, pepper, salt and garlic. You put them in a preheated oven on 180 degrees Celsius and bake them until they are golden brown.

Once they are ready I 've put them in a tray and into the fridge so that the pieces can cool down. First I blended the butternut into a puree and then I added the sesame seed paste and blended it down again. I got a smooth sweet orange paste but it needed some kick (I just returned from South-East Asia and like my food spicy) so I added some sriracha chili sauce to it to finish it of with some heat and acidity.