Tahini Sauce Recipe

Name: Tahini Sauce Recipe
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 garlic cloves; ½ tsp salt; ¾ cup tahini paste; ½ cup freshly squeezed lime juice (or lemon juice, if you prefer); ¼ cup cold water, more if needed; 1 cup fresh chopped parsley leaves, stems removed first (optional)

3 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:33:09 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories281.2 kcal (14%)

Total Fat23.8 g (34%)

Carbs13.5 g (5%)

Sugars0.4 g (0%)

Protein8.6 g (17%)

Sodium238.8 mg (12%)

Fiber2.7 g (10%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

5 servings

1garlic cloves

½ tspsalt

¾ cuptahini paste

½ cuplime juice

freshly squeezed, or lemon juice, if you prefer

¼ cupwater

cold, more if needed

1 cupparsley leaves

fresh chopped, stems removed first, optional

Instructions

Step 1

Using a mortar and pestle, crush the garlic cloves with the salt into a paste (or mince the garlic and season with salt.)

Step 2

Add the crushed garlic, tahini paste and lime juice to the bowl of a food processor and blend (it will be thick as it emulsifies.) Add a little bit of water and blend again until you reach the desired consistency.

Step 3

Transfer the tahini to a serving bowl, and if you like stir in fresh chopped parsley. Enjoy!