Dreamy Tahini Sauce

PREP 10mins | TOTAL 10mins

Use this vegan tahini sauce as a dressing for salads, a sauce for vegetables and meats, a spread for sandwiches or a dip for just about anything. It’s very simple to make and is much more than the sum of its parts. Just delicious!

AUTHOR: Adam and Joanne Gallagher, Inspired Taste

Makes approximately 1/2 cup

YOU WILL NEED

1/3 cup (80 ml) well stirred tahini, try our easy tahini recipe

1 garlic clove minced very finely into a paste or use a microplane, see note

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, about 1/2 a lemon

1 tablespoon olive oil

Pinch fine sea salt

2 to 6 tablespoons lukewarm water

Pinch cumin, optional

Pinch cayenne, optional

1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, optional

DIRECTIONS

Whisk tahini, garlic paste, lemon juice, olive oil and the salt in a bowl until combined — the mixture will thicken, don’t worry about this.

Add the water, a tablespoon at a time and whisking well after each addition until desired consistency. If making a spread, look for the consistency of peanut butter. If making a sauce, add enough water until the consistency of runny yogurt.

Stir in the optional cumin, cayenne pepper and parsley. Taste for seasoning and adjust with additional salt or lemon juice. Store covered in the refrigerator up to 5 days.

ADAM AND JOANNE'S TIPS

• How to Make Garlic Paste: Since we are adding the garlic raw, it is best to add it as a paste. To do this, peel and finely mince the garlic clove. Sprinkle the garlic with a pinch of coarse salt then use the flat side of a knife to drag it over the garlic, scraping it across the surface of the cutting board. Pile up the garlic again then repeat a few more times until the garlic is a smooth paste.
• Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA database to calculate approximate values.

NUTRITION PER SERVING: Serving Size 1 tablespoon / Calories 78 / Protein 2 g / Carbohydrate 3 g / Dietary Fiber 1 g / Total Sugars 0 g / Total Fat 7 g / Saturated Fat 1 g / Cholesterol 0 mg

Watch How We Make Tahini Sauce