Best Tahini Sauce
A recipe we saved from Cookie and Kate. The full recipe, with their photos and notes, is on their site.
Makes about 1 cup ยท Time 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 medium-to-large cloves garlic, pressed or minced
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Pinch of ground cumin
- 6 tablespoons ice water, more as needed
The short version
- Let the garlic sit in the lemon juice for 10 minutes to mellow, then strain out the garlic, pressing on it.
- Whisk in the tahini, salt and cumin.
- Whisk in the ice water 2 tablespoons at a time; it seizes up, then turns smooth and pale. Thin with more water for drizzling.