Tahini

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Tahini dip / Tahini dressing

Tahini is the condiment of choice used all over the Arab world, for drizzling over tasty grilled meat or salads. It’s used much the same as mayonnaise or a salad dressing.

It’s also delicious as a dip; smooth and creamy with a lemony, garlic zing. As a dip, it could be used as part of a mezze.

As a dip it’s also one of the major accompaniments for grilled fish. 

tahini is quick to make and involves no cooking.

Ingredients

• 3 cloves garlic grated
• juice of ½ large lemon
• ½ tsp. ground cumin
• 3 tbsp. tahini paste
• 2 tbsp. white vinegar
• salt and pepper

Here’s how it’s made

You’ll need a bowl the size of a soup bowl to mix your dressing.

Mix the garlic, lemon juice and cumin

First put your garlic, lemon juice and cumin in the bowl and give them a mix.

Add the tahini

Add the tahini and mix together.  You would expect the lemon juice to make the sauce more runny, but surprisingly it thickens it up.

Add the vinegar

Add the white vinegar and mix again.

Season

Season with salt and pepper.  Add extra lemon juice if necessary.

Tahini Dressing

*If you are wanting to use this as a dressing, to drizzle over your dishes, then add a little more water until it achieves the consistency of a pouring sauce.

Tahini Dip

*If you are using your tahini as a dip it should be about the same consistency as Houmous.  Add a little water if necessary.

To serve your dip

Serve your dip in a wide, shallow dish. Using the back of a spoon make a spiralling groove in the surface. Drizzle olive oil over, this will come to rest in the groove you have just made.

Garnish

You could garnish your dip with an olive or a couple of leaves of coriander.

Serve with warm bread

Serve with plenty of warm flat bread to scoop up this delicious dip.

I hope this helped

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