Ez Restaurant-Style Hummus - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 (15.5 ounce) cans garbanzo beans, drained with liquid (aquafaba) reserved
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup well-stirred tahini (Middle Eastern sesame paste)
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne
1/8 teaspoon white sugar
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper

Preparation

Place garbanzo beans, 1 1/2 tablespoon reserved aquafaba, and lemon juice in a food processor. Let soak until flavors combine, about 15 minutes.
Pulse soaked garbanzo beans until roughly chopped. Add tahini, olive oil, garlic, cayenne, sugar, salt, and black pepper; blend, thinning with reserved aquafaba, until hummus is smooth and reaches desired consistency.