Tahini is a paste made from sesame seeds that have been hulled, toasted, and ground. Making delicious tahini sauce at home is easy, using a food processor.
Tahini is used by itself or combined with other ingredients to add a rich, nutty flavor to many Eastern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African dishes.
But if you don’t live in those places, tahini may be difficult to find – or expensive. Luckily, if you have sesame seeds and a little bit of olive oil you can make fresh taat home in your food processor.
Add the raw sesame seeds into a frying pan over medium high heat.
Sesame seeds that have been toasted and will have a deeper brown color than before. You will also be able to smell a nice toasted smell once they are ready.
The toasted sesame seeds are then added into a food processor.
After processing the toasted sesame seeds in the food processor, stop the machine and scrape down the bottom and sides with a spatula to catch any whole seeds that have been stuck there.
After the seeds are finely processed, start adding in the olive oil, one tablespoon at a time.
Slowly the consistency of the sesame seeds will become paste like.
Continue processing the sesame seeds and oil for a minute or so.
Scrape down the sides and bottom of the food processor again and add more olive oil.
After processing for about 2 minutes more, it finally looks shiny and liquid-y. Your tahini is done!
Pour the tahini you made into a glass jar.
Use the tahini to make hummus or make a tasty tahini dressing. Store the unused tahini in a jar with a tight-fitting lid in the fridge for up to 1 month.
A simple recipe for tahini using sesame seeds and oil.
Ingredients
1cupraw hulled sesame seeds
1-2Tbspolive oil
Instructions
Toast sesame seeds in a pan on medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring so they don't burn. Remove seeds from heat and allow to cool for a minute.
Add the seeds to food processor and blend until smooth. Slowly add in the oil until a liquid like consistency is achieved.
Notes
If you have sesame seeds that were already toasted when you bought them, you can use them – but you should still warm them up in a pan on medium-low heat. It will help them release their oil when blending.
Store the unused tahini in a jar with a tight-fitting lid in the fridge for up to 1 month.
Course Vegan Basics
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword how to make tahini, how to make tahini sauce, recipe for tahini sauce, tahini recipe
