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How to make Tahini: a simple recipe

I get through a lot of tahini as I love hummous, but every time I get a jar it varies so much that now I make my own

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If you look through my previous posts you will see my hummous recipe.

I'm always making this when people pop round unexpectedly for drinks because I keep pitta bread in the freezer, and everything else keeps fo

Now I wanted to let you know how to make tahini too.

It's very easy and much cheaper than buying it – I calculated it was about a quarter of the price.

Tahini

Great for using in hummous, baba ganoush or salads

Ingredients

Instructions

Dry roast the sesame seeds in the oven until lightly golden then allow them to cool.
Process until fine in a food grinder, and slowly add olive oil until it is the consistency you want.
Store in an airtight jar in the fridge and use within a month.

Recipe Notes

Also see my hummous recipe

Recipe by

Carole Mason

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