Tahini Sauce

This tahini sauce is very easy to make and calls for very few ingredients.

Not many people know tahini — often only vegans do. But you do not need to belong to any particular category of eater to love this sauce: it has a fine sesame flavour that sits well alongside a great many dishes.

Tahini is a paste of ground sesame seeds, and it is not much good eaten on its own. But mixed with other ingredients — here lime juice, garlic and dill — it turns into a wonderful sauce for salads, raw or cooked vegetables, hummus and sandwiches.

Try it once and it will surely earn a place in your everyday cooking.

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What you need to make this tahini sauce:

Tahini — the base of the sauce: a paste of ground sesame seeds, not much good eaten on its own but silky once loosened up.
Lime juice — it brings the acidity that balances the richness of the tahini and wakes up the whole sauce.
Water — it is not there to stretch the sauce: it is what takes tahini from a thick paste to a pourable cream.
Olive oil — it adds smoothness and rounds out the sesame flavour.
Garlic powder and onion powder — they flavour the sauce without leaving any bits, for a perfectly smooth texture.
Fresh dill — chopped, it brings a fresh, herbaceous note that lightens the whole thing.
Salt and pepper — to adjust the seasoning to taste.

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Why this tahini sauce must be on your menu!

Ready in five minutes: one bowl, one whisk, no cooking at all.
Nothing easier to throw together at the last minute.
Goes with everything: it dresses salads, raw or cooked vegetables, hummus or a sandwich.
It can rescue almost any meal that needs a little lift.
Keeps well in the fridge: it stiffens a little when cold, just whisk it again with a splash of water or oil before serving.
Handy to always have on hand.
Few ingredients, all simple: no need to run to several shops, they are all basic pantry staples.

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Tahini Sauce

A creamy sesame sauce, lifted with lime juice, garlic, onion and fresh dill.

Prep 5 min

Cook aucune

Total time 5 min

Course: Sides Cuisine: Middle Eastern Keyword: Tahini sauce Calories:

Ingredients

Servings: 6 servings

Instructions

Whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl until smooth and creamy.

Nutrition (per serving)

Tips

In the fridge the sauce stiffens a little: whisk it again with a splash of water or oil before serving.
Tahini separates in the jar: stir it well before measuring, or the sauce comes out too oily or too dry.
Add the water little by little and stop at the texture you want — it depends on how thick your tahini is.
Serve over salads, raw or cooked vegetables, hummus, or in a sandwich.

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