Intensely "sesame-y", this sauce can be served savory or sweet.
Tahini Sauce
Chef Claudia Galofre-Krevat
Middle Eastern
Sauces
If you've never tried tahini, it's a concentrated sesame seed flavor. This sauce goes great on proteins or as a base for salad dressings or dips.
Ingredients
1 cup tahini
2 garlic cloves, grated on a microplane or fine grater
1 tbsp lemon juice
2/3 cup iced water
1 tsp kosher salt
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Microplane
Mixing Bowl
Whisk
Directions
In a medium-sized bowl, mix all the ingredients using a whisk until it becomes lighter in color and smoother.
Taste and add more salt or lemon as needed.
Store in a mason jar in the fridge and use for salads, topping grains, and veggies, fish, meat, lamb, or chicken.