Christian Reynoso NYT Lemony Hummus Pasta
Recipe: #45047
August 21, 2025
Categories: Beans, Chickpeas/Garbanzo, Bucatini Lemon, Middle Eastern, more
"This looks so good. He's a genius."
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (391.5 g)
- Calories 425.4
- Total Fat - 18.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.6 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 641.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 59.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11.5 g
- Sugars - 0.9 g
- Protein - 9.2 g
- Calcium - 50.7 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 20.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Pasta: Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente, reserving 1 cup of the pasta cooking water, drain.
Step 2
Sauce: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and add the garlic and shallot.
Step 3
Season lightly, cook stirring often, until fragrant and slightly softened, about 2 minutes.
Step 4
Then add the hummus and 1/2 cup of the reserved pasta water.
Step 5
Stir until the hummus becomes a looser, smoother sauce.
Step 6
Stir in lemon zest and juice and turn heat down to medium-low.
Step 7
Add the drained pasta to the pan, toss very well to coat, season with salt and pepper to taste, and toss again.
Step 8
Cook until tight, adding more reserved pasta water if needed .
Step 9
Transfer to serving bowls or plates.
Step 10
Drizzle with more olive oil sesame seeds and parsley.
Tips
No special items needed.