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I find you can leave out the tahini without negative effects on the overall quality of the hummus.

(I found that out empirically, as I was simply too lazy to go hunting for tahini, and made it a few times without. Come to think of it, I have made such hummus quite a few times, and never added any tahini)

 

I like to experiment with this as a base, by adding e.g. sundried tomatoes, pickles or similar to a part of my total hummus production, thus creating different dips for all possible occasions.

 

And yes, it's much easier if you have a vitamix (although then you might have to increase the portion size).

Also, I have never bothered to remove the skin from the chickpeas, the final result was creamy enough for my taste by adding enough olive oil and blending it thoroughly enough (which is quite easy in the vitamix). It was basically exactly the same consistency as store-bought hummus (don't know if there is a more creamy variety)

 

Best regards,

Andy