Sunflower Seed & Garlic Spread

Name: Sunflower Seed & Garlic Spread
Ingredients: 2 cups shelled salted sunflower seeds; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and separated; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 12 teaspoon cumin; 14 teaspoon dry mustard; 2 dashes Tabasco sauce (optional); more olive oil (if it is too thick for your taste)

7 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

2 cups shelled salted sunflower seeds
4 garlic cloves, peeled and separated
2 tablespoons olive oil
12 teaspoon cumin
14 teaspoon dry mustard
2 dashes Tabasco sauce (optional)
more olive oil (if it is too thick for your taste)

Directions

1

Put all ingredients into a blender and pulse 4 or 5 times.
2

Thanks to a nice reviewer, here are suggestions if you want the spread to be easier to spread.
3

Add 1 tblsp.
4

olive oil and 1 tblsp water more, then a little more before processing.
5

Note: Suggested heating the olive oil,(a total of 3 tblsp.
6

olive oil) setting it aside with the garlic cloves in it will reduce the garlic flavor and make it more mild.
7

Put in a small covered airtight container in the refrigerator.
8

Note: If you use unsalted sunflower seeds,.
9

add 1/2 teaspoons salt or 1/2 teaspoons salt substitute.
10

Note: The longer it is stored,the more intense flavor.