Recipes with tahini

La tahini it is a sauce made from seeds sesamo and oil, very versatile in the kitchen: it's perfect for accompanying many sweet and savory dishes. Here's a collection of recipes you absolutely can't miss. Before we explore them, let's find out how to make this delicious sauce. 

Tahini sauce

• Preparation time: 15 minutes
• difficulty: Bassa

Ingredients for 2 people)

• 4 minced garlic cloves
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• ½ cup tahini
• ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 pinch of ground cumin
• 6 spoons of water

Preparation

• Place the garlic and lemon juice in a bowl. Let it steep for 10 minutes, then sift it into another bowl and discard the garlic.
• Combine the tahini, salt, and cumin: mix well until smooth.
• Add the water, a few tablespoons at a time, until you obtain a smooth mixture of the desired consistency.

babaganoush 

• Preparation time: 10 minutes
• Cooking time: 40 minutes
• difficulty: Bassa

Ingredients for 4 people)

• 900 g aubergines
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 60 g of tahini
• 50 ml of extra virgin olive oil
• fresh parsley
• salt and pepper
• cumin powder

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 200°C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Halve the eggplants lengthwise and brush them with olive oil.
• Place them on a baking sheet and sprinkle with a little salt. Bake for about 35-40 minutes. Scoop out the flesh with a spoon, discarding the skin.
• Add the minced garlic and lemon juice to the well-squeezed pulp and mix well. Add the tahini and mix again.
• Finally add the oil and season with salt and pepper, parsley and cumin. To make the babaganoush without tahini you can simply omit it.

donut

• Preparation time: 20 minutes
• Cooking time: 50 minutes
• difficulty: Bassa

Ingredients for 6 people)

• 200 g of tahini
• 45 g of sesame seeds
• 3 eggs
• 180 g of granulated sugar
• 1 vanilla pod, (seeds scraped out)
• 190 ml of seed oil
• 240 ml of juice orange
• 280 g flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

• Mix the eggs, sugar and vanilla until you obtain a smooth and frothy mixture.
• Gradually add the oil, then add the orange juice and mix.
• Add the tahini and mix thoroughly. Add the sifted flour, baking powder, salt, and sesame seeds.
• Transfer to a buttered and floured bundt pan and bake at 180°C for approximately 50 minutes.

Biscotti

• Preparation time: 10 minutes
• Cooking time: 10 minutes
• difficulty: Bassa

Ingredients for 4 people)

• 100 g of tahini
• 1 large egg
• 30 g of erythritol (or other sweetener)
• 50 g of dark chocolate chips

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Mix the tahini, egg, and erythritol in a bowl and mix with a spoon until smooth.
• Unite the dark chocolate Drop by drop and mix. Using two spoons, place small mounds of dough on the baking sheet, leaving space between each mound.
• Cook for ten minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool.

Chicken

• Preparation time: 10 minutes
• Cooking time: 50 minutes
• difficulty: Bassa

Ingredients for 4 people)

• 800g of chicken
• 1 lemon
• tahini to taste
• water to taste
• salt and pepper
• 2 cloves of garlic
• chopped parsley

Preparation

• Mix the tahini with the lemon juice. Gradually add the water until you get a smooth consistency.
• Add the minced garlic and salt. Stir again.
• Transfer the chicken, cut into pieces, in a baking dish and cover it with the sauce adding some cumin.
• Garnish with chopped parsley and bake at 180° for 40-50 minutes.

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