What is tahini and where can you buy it?
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- Adam Bush
Published: April 16, 2020 at 11:29 PM
Discover what tahini is, where to shop for it, and how to use it in our ingredient glossary
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What is tahini?
Tahini is made by grinding the toasted hulls of sesame seeds into a paste and is a major ingredient in hummus, halva and baba ghanoush. Its nutty flavour is synonymous with Middle Eastern, North African and Eastern Mediterranean cuisines and lends itself well to both sweet and savoury dishes.
Where to buy tahini
Cypressa Tahini, £3.50/300g, Waitrose
Belazu Tahini, £11.35/1kg, Amazon
Tahini recipes
Chocolate and tahini cookies
Jazz up your cookie repertoire and bake these chocolate and tahini cookies. Our irresistible version of the classic American Oreo biscuit teams crisp, dark cookies with a creamy tahini buttercream – one will never be enough.
Chickpea and vegetable koftes with tahini yogurt sauce
These low-calorie koftes are served with a nutty tahini yogurt sauce and come in under 415 calories per serving.
Cauliflower shawarma, pomegranate, tahini and pine nuts
This recipe for cauliflower shawarma comes from Berber and Q in East London. Serving cauliflower whole like this, fresh from the BBQ is inspired, particularly, when it's smothered in shawarma butter. Serve this by itself, or as a side dish.
Authors
Adam BushDeputy food editor
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