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Recipe - Tahini Paste

by Erica Green

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Tahini is used extensively in Middle Eastern cooking.  It is a classic ingredient in dips like hummus, baba ghanoush, yoghurt sauce or just by itself.  Whether you use a lot of tahini or only a little, it is well worth making your own.  It is not difficult to do and tastes so much better than bought tahini.

 
Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sesame seeds
• 1 Tbsp. olive oil
• salt to taste

 
Method

• In a small nonstick pan, toast the sesame seeds until they just start to take on colour.  If they go dark, they will taste quite acrid.
• Combine all the ingredients in a small food processor and blitz until smooth.
• You can store this in the fridge.

 
About the Recipe

• This recipe is suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
• Tahini paste is a bit like peanut butter, but rather than being made from peanuts it is made from toasted sesame seeds, which are ground into a paste. 
• I find that the oil in store-bought tahini paste can go off quite quickly, so unless you use a lot of tahini you might like to consider making your own in small batches.  It is much nicer but does take a little more effort.

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