Mediterranean Tomato & Pepper Hummus

Ingredients

• 2 15 oz cans garbanzo beans, drained, ½ cup of the liquid reserved aside. If you use dry beans that you cook, use 3 ½ cups.
• 2 tbsp tahini
• 1 8 oz pouch (1 cup) Bella Sun Luci Tomato & Pepper Sauce Starter (or tomato paste), plus 1 to 2 Tablespoons extra for garnish, set aside
• ½ cup Bella Sun Luci or other high quality extra virgin olive oil
• 2 large garlic cloves
• ½ cup parsley
• 6 large leaves basil
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• ⅛ tsp cayenne (optional)
• *The ½ cup garbanzo bean liquid you reserved
• Extra Parsley and basil for garnish