Toum

Name: Toum
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (500 ml)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 cup peeled cloves (~2 heads) (140 g) Garlic; 2 tsp (12 g) Salt; 1/4 cup (60 ml) Lemon Juice; 2 cups neutral (or half olive) (480 ml) Vegetable Oil; 2 tablespoons ice water as needed Water

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Michael Rafidi recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Michael Rafidi.

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Michael Rafidi's whipped garlic toum.

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TOUM GARLIC

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 5

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Lemon Juice 60 mlVegetable Oil 480 mlWater 30 ml

Ingredients

Garlic1 cup peeled cloves (~2 heads) (140 g)
Salt2 tsp (12 g)
Lemon Juice1/4 cup (60 ml)
Vegetable Oil2 cups neutral (or half olive) (480 ml)
Water2 tablespoons ice water as needed

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Levantine / Palestinian-inspired chef of Albi and Maydan projects in Washington, D.C.; James Beard Outstanding Chef 2024. Wood-fired cooking and fermented chile sauces.

Originally published as Toum (Garlic Whip).

Adapted from a Michael Rafidi recipe (Michael Rafidi / Levantine garlic sauce).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Michael Rafidi / Levantine garlic sauce (published as “Toum (Garlic Whip)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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