My houmous tastes rather bland.

[mckenzie]

It's the first time I've made it and I used a recipe on line from BBC Food

www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/quickhummousandolive_71473

I did make one mistake and that was to out the paprika in the food blender instead of sprinkle it on top. It doesn't taste unpleasant,just rather nothingy.

Any tips please for my second attempt.

TIA

No advice but watching as I always have this problem too. Maybe I need more garlic??

Add garlic & lemon juice then see if that is better.

It's easier if you use garlic puree from a tube. And maybe a little more salt. I also whizz up some parsley with the chickpeas.

I've just spent ages cleaning the blender! Can I add more lemon and garlic by hand?

And thanks for the replies (sorry, I should have put that first!)

Did you put tahini in it? I always think that's the key to really tasty hummus!

I made the good food one , just put extra lemon juice than they suggested , and more salt and actually quite a lot of tahini
It's lovely and tasty

The answer is DEFINITELY cayenne pepper. Just a quarter of a teaspoon. And a spoonful of natural yoghurt.

Lots of tahini, lemon and garlic, and make sure you season it too...it needs a bit of salt. And don't forget the olive oil...it does need it. A bit of cumin can be nice in it too, but I am a bit of a purist when it comes to hummus...it just needs enough lemon etc.

I did put tahini in, about 90 mls but I have more if you think I should add more.
Natural yoghurt I have but no cayenne pepper.

So shall I add more tahini, more lemon juice and some natural yoghurt and if necessary, get cayenne pepper tomorrow?

Not too much garlic! I am a garlic fan but it can overpower it all so easily.

Lemon juice, tahini, parsley, olive oil.

I can't taste the garlic at all BeCool. I put two cloves in.

The garlic does "develop" a bit. Let it sit around for half an hour before eating it. If still a bit bland, add more lemon juice and salt.

Yes, the flavour does improve if you let it sit for a while.

Agree to garlic, lemon and tahini, but I think they key is salt, it brings all the other flavours out

I made the same one a few weeks ago and thought it was horribly bland. The texture was also weird and I had to add more liquid to get it creamy-though I'm sure that also contributed to making it so bland.

People often underseason, especially with the salt, thinking its bad for you. Its worth being brave, because your big pinch of nice salt is still about a quillionith put into processed foods!

Thanks for all the post
I shall split it into three portions and try different things to each portion and see what tastes best.

Results later!

Stubbed wins. The cayenne pepper was all it took.
The natural yoghurt plus the cayenne pepper though was quite nice and I think the extra blitz in the processor got rid of some slightly more lumpy bits which really helped. But definitely cayenne pepper. Thanks Stubbed.

You're welcome. I must admit I was worried when no one else suggested it!

You're welcome. I must admit that I was worried when no one else mentioned it!