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The Perfect Tahini Sauce

The Perfect Tahini Sauce

The Elegant Economist
This creamy tahini sauce has the perfect balance of lemon and garlic - with no bite.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Condiment
Cuisine Mediterranean, Middle Eastern
Keyword hummus, perfect tahini sauce, tahina, tahina sauce, tahini, tahini sauce, the best tahini sauce

Equipment

  • Food processor or blender

Ingredients
  

  • 6 whole cloves fresh garlic
  • juice of two lemons ¼ cup (60ml)
  • ½ cup good tahina
  • ½ tsp honey can be replaced with agave to ensure it is vegan
  • ¼ cup ice water (60ml)
  • ¼ tsp salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Juice your lemons and peel your garlic cloves. Add to the bowl of your food processor or blender.
    How to Make the Perfect Tahini Sauce
  • Blitz the lemon juice and garlic until it forms a thick liquid. Leave to sit for 15 minutes.
    How to Make the Perfect Tahini Sauce
  • Pour the lemon garlic liquid through a mesh strainer, into a small bowl. (Use this pureed garlic for another recipe!)
    How to Make the Perfect Tahini Sauce
  • Rinse the bowl of your food processor and then return the lemon juice to the bowl. Add tahini, honey, and salt.
    How to Make the Perfect Tahini Sauce
  • Blend until it forms a thick paste, then add water, a tablespoon at a time, until you have a pourable tahini / tahina sauce.
    How to Make the Perfect Tahini Sauce

Notes

This makes roughly a cup of tahina, and will keep in the fridge for about a week (if it lasts that long). 
The taste of your tahina sauce will largely depend on the quality of your tahina, use the good stuff.