How To Make Tahini Paste
From twohot 12 years ago
- 10mins to make
- Serves 2/3 cup
Tahini paste is made from ground sesame seeds and is crucial for making dishes like hummus, baba ghanoush and halvah, a sweet treat that was always on our dessert table for holidays when I was growing up right alongside the cannoli.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sesame seeds shopping list
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil to 1/2 cup depending on how thick or thin I want it. shopping list
How to make it
- Lightly toast the sesame seeds over low heat about ten minutes, stirring often, don’t worry about getting a lot of color on them, like you would if toasting nuts. They’re fragile and burn easily, so watch them carefully.
- Allow to cool off and then add them to the bowl of a food processor along with a 2 tablespoons of oil to start. You can also use a mortar and pestle.
- Pulse until a paste forms, scraping down sides as needed and adding more olive oil to reach a consistency you like.
- The homemade tahini will have a rougher texture than store-bought and may even be stronger in flavor. The reason being is the store-bought version uses hulled sesame seeds making for a smoother tahini. If you can, buy sesame seeds that are not hulled as they are more nutritious.
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