{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Tchakayiti - Haitian Food Blog &amp; Food Photography","provider_url":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home","author_name":"annick","author_url":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/author\/admin\/","title":"A Caribbean chestnut hummus recipe | Tchakayiti - Haitian Food Blog &amp; Food Photography","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nJmAMPmEqr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/a-caribbean-chestnut-hummus-recipe\/\">A Caribbean chestnut hummus recipe<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/a-caribbean-chestnut-hummus-recipe\/embed\/#?secret=nJmAMPmEqr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Caribbean chestnut hummus recipe&#8221; &#8212; Tchakayiti - Haitian Food Blog &amp; Food Photography\" data-secret=\"nJmAMPmEqr\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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To mix things up a bit, my mom and I always try to stray away from a strictly traditional menu. \u00a0Be it an appetizer or part of the main course, our guests are always sure to find an unusual dish at our family table. This year, our unexpected dish was the hummus illustrated above. I knew it would intrigue everyone. I was ready for the many questions that would surely come my way. Questioning my concoctions is my aunts\u2019 and uncles\u2019 forte. Year after year, I find myself caught in an interrogation game that never ends.\u00a0 They always want more information than I am willing to give about the food on the table. This year was obviously no different, especially when it came to that hummus plate. Questions swarmed from everywhere the minute I set it down. \u00a0They wanted and needed to know every detail of its content. I answered their questions with a nonchalant: labapin. That was not the answer they wanted or needed. And I knew that. But I was not ready to give in. I wanted them to try it. Just like us, they had never eaten labapin that way before. They were thus convinced that I was making fun of them. They were right, to some extent. I was omitting key information on purpose. I simply wanted them to taste the hummus before they asked their hundred questions. They finally dug in and sampled it when they realized my answer would not change. Then and only then, did they actually believe me when I told them I had prepared a labapin hummus. The surprised looks and smiles on their faces were priceless. They confirmed that my recipe was a success. My aunt even told me that I could publish the recipe for my \u201ccream of labapin\u201d on the blog. Her seal of approval made my day. I must, however, confess that I cringed a bit when she referred to it by the name \u201ccream.\u201d I had named my dish hummus, and that was the name I would use on the blog. Why call it hummus when it does not include beans? Simply because, as I mentioned in my very first article dedicated to our lapabins, my mom and I think canned chickpeas are similar in flavor to our Caribbean chestnuts better known as breadnuts. We thus always wanted to substitute them for chickpeas in the traditional hummus. That is exactly what I did with this recipe. I followed the same directions I would for a traditional hummus. \u00a0I boiled the breadnuts in salty water like we normally do. I then peeled and reduced them to a puree seasoned with garlic, lime juice, salt, paprika and olive oil. The only ingredient missing is the tahini. But that is not a first. I am known to make my hummus without it. I do so, simply because tahini comes in big sizes, and besides the hummus I don\u2019t have much use for it in my Haitian kitchen, yet. I thus refrain from buying it. This labapin hummus was quite the adventure. And a stressful one at that. Reducing those breadnuts to a puree turned out to be more difficult than I had anticipated. I learned that our lapabins are extremely porous. It took a lot of liquid to get them to have the right texture. I even had to puree them in separate batches so as to avoid overworking our processor. Needless to say, I was worried my hummus wouldn\u2019t come out right. Luckily, my fears were unfounded. Our labapin make the most unctuous hummus yet. It\u2019s definitely a recipe worth saving and trying. I myself will make it more often even if it means I must spend hours peeling those breadnuts. This recipe substitutes breadnut or Caribbean chestnuts for the traditional garbanzo beans.&nbsp;Please note that the proportions are approximate. Breadnuts absorb a lot of liquid. The amount of water will depend on how unctuous you want your hummus to be.Keep in mind that you can always mix in some more olive oil prior to serving if you feel your hummus needs some more oil.&nbsp;"}