From the kitchen

Creamy tahini dressing

Name: Creamy tahini dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: A small bowl (± 200 ml)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 80 g Bayaz Tahin (stone-ground tahini); Juice of ½ lemon; 1 small clove of garlic, grated; 1 tsp honey or maple syrup (optional); ¼ tsp salt; 4–6 tbsp cold water

5 min A small bowl (± 200 ml)

This dressing turns any salad, bowl or plate of roasted vegetables into a meal. It thickens, then loosens as you whisk in water — do not worry when it seizes up halfway, that is exactly what tahini is supposed to do.

Preparation

Whisk the tahini with the lemon juice — the mixture will thicken and stiffen. That is normal.
Add the garlic, honey and salt.
Whisk in cold water a spoonful at a time until the dressing is pourable and creamy.
Taste: more lemon for freshness, more water for a thinner dressing. Keeps 4–5 days in the fridge.

Tip: Swap the water for cold brewed coffee? No — but do try it with orange juice over a winter salad with beetroot.

Made with Bayaz Tahin — Every recipe here is made with our stone-ground tahini from Amedi — 100% sesame, since 1948. View the product