Tahini (Sesame Seed Paste)
List of Ingredients
Sesame Seeds
Oil (preferably Olive Oil)
A blender that can crush IceRecipe
This paste is used in many middle eastern recipes. It is quite high in fat content. I put it here to go with the middle eastern Dips like Hummus and Babaganouj.
I tried to make this in a food processor and only got
a pile of wet seeds. So.. it seems that you need a high
speed blender to do the job.
Heres how you make Tahini.
Put 1 tablespoon olive oil into the blender.
Add sesame seeds.
Turn on blender to Ice Crush, grind or highest speed, slowly add olive oil until the desired texture is reached.
Adding sugar to Tahini when it is real thick makes the candy Halvah or Halawi depending on the time of year. (A nice kids treat!)
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