I’ve been playing in my kitchen…nothing new there, I know… 🙂
Last week I made up various fresh spice mixes including my rose harissa spice mix…
I love it for how it smells as much for how it tastes, and the rose petals are just beautiful…
I will use it in all sorts of dishes and the first experiment was this one…a chunky homous…
Typically homous is made with chickpeas, tahini, garlic, lemon juice and maybe some water if necessary – this is my holy grail homous recipe – I made this version with chickpeas, tahini, my rose harissa spice mix and Verjus. I also kept it pretty rustic as opposed to blending it to completely smooth…(as homous means chickpeas in Arabic I think I can still call this homous 😉 )
With the use of Verjus instead of lemon juice, plus the spice mix, it created a lovely warm, mellow flavour…
A nice experiment and always lovely using the dried rose petals 🙂
foodbod 
Voting this the most beautiful hummus in the world, especially in that pretty pale blue earthenware bowl!
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Thank you 😀😀😀😍
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I must agree with Johanne… This is absolutely stunning, Elaine! You’ve taken a quite plain and humble dish to an extraordinary delight. Beautiful photos too! I can only imagine the harissa takes it to a whole new level of palate happiness! Bravo- take a bow! 🤗
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Thank you so much, Nancy 😊🙏🏻. I love a good play in my kitchen!
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Interesting Elaine because I came across dried rose petals for the first time yesterday in my local whole foods store – what kind of flavour do they have?
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Cool 👍🏻 I guess they add a floral element, it’s quite subtle, but for me it’s more about the aroma and colour that they bring.
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Thanks Elaine
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Rose and Harissa, eh? Love the combination…. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Your rose harissa spice mix looks incredible Elaine as does that hummus.
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Thank you 😀😀
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This looks so good and also very inviting, Elaine! Enjoy your weekend! 🙂 xx
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Thank you xxx
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Oh what a bright and beautiful post Elaine. Those rosebuds and petals look amazing, it adds so much color to the dish too. Your hummus would be a great treat with all those spices, I’d love to dig in there with some nice veggie sticks.
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Thank you xx I do love the roses and rose petals, they are so pretty and so aromatic 🙂
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Delicious (and pretty) as usual!
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Thank you 😀😀😀
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Not only does this looks yummy but looks very visually appetizing as well ! Great job 🙂
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Thank you 😀😀😀
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You are way ahead in the Verjus game! I need to catch up! I actually found a recipe for an apple cake using it in a glaze, but it called for ONE CUP of Verjus… NO WAY! I am very protective of it, as you can imagine… I need to make that bottle last, it almost broke my budget! 😉
beautiful post as usual – your food is enticing, always!
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OMG! A whole cup?? That’s a lot, and it’s not a cheap ingredient!
Thank you, I’m liking playing xx
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Looks amazing Elaine. Takes me back to the time I spent in Northern Cyprus. xx
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Oh really? Did you have something similar?
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This looks gorgeous and sounds delicious!
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Thank you xx hope you’re doing okay xx
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Doing pretty well these days! How are you dear Elaine?
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That’s great to hear 😄😄 I’m very good too thank you xxx
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So funny, Elaine! I just bought rose petals the other day for a spice mixture I was making! I will have to try your spice mix too! Thanks a bunch! 😀
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Yay! How cool, great minds 😉
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Really, really lovely. I love the photographs and all the rosebuds!
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Thank you honey xx
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Maybe I should start saving all of my deadheaded roses!!! They make everything look even more beautiful!
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Yes, you should! They do!!
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