Tarator Sauce
This tahini-based sauce serves as the foundation for mezes like hummus and baba ghanouj throughout much of the Mediterranean, but it's also a wonderful sauce in its own right, showing its versatility by adding a nutty, lemony hit to the kùfte or to vegetables or fish.
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- Served Person: Makes about 1 cup
Middle Eastern
Sauce
Blender
Garlic
No-Cook
Quick & Easy
Lemon
Sesame
Gourmet
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 small garlic clove
- 1/2 cup well-stirred tahini
- Carbohydrate 16 g(5%)
- Fat 32 g(50%)
- Fiber 6 g(23%)
- Protein 10 g(21%)
- Saturated Fat 5 g(23%)
- Sodium 72 mg(3%)
- Calories 369
Preparation Purée all ingredients with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a blender until smooth. Cooks' note:Sauce keeps, chilled, 1 week.
Preparation Purée all ingredients with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a blender until smooth. Cooks' note:Sauce keeps, chilled, 1 week.
