Tepary Bean Hummus

2c cooked Tepary beans

2 lg. cloves of garlic

1 green onion

2T EVOO

4T toasted sesame oil

1t-1T lemon zest

juice of 1 lemon

salt and pepper

Teparies are common to the southwest, having been cultivated there by native tribes, as far back as pre-Columbian times.  I've cooked white, brown and black teparies that I bought on trips to Arizona.  I love indigenous, old heirloom type foods!  Garbanzo beans are classic in hummus, but you can use any type of beans (red kidneys, black-eyed peas, adukis, navys, black beans, limas...).  Each brings a little different quality to the finished dish.

In your food processor, combine all the ingredients, blending until smooth with no lumps.  Serve with crackers, pretzel chips, or vegetable slices. . .Lin