Cumin-Lemon Nut Sauce

Name: Cumin-Lemon Nut Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: about 1/4 clove (1.5 g) Garlic; 1 (16-oz) jar tehina paste (394.78 ml) Tahini; juice of 1 lemon (45 ml) Lemon Juice; 1 tsp (2 g) Cumin; 1 Tbsp kosher (18 g) Salt; 1 to 1 1/2 cups ice water (mid 1 1/4) (300 ml) Water

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

CONDIMENT · VEGETABLES, GRILLED MEATS & HUMMUS

A condiment for vegetables, grilled meats & hummus.

Solomonov's quick tehina sauce for vegetables, grilled meats.

On the jar

QUICK TEHINA

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 6

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Tahini 395 mlLemon Juice 45 mlWater 300 ml

Ingredients

Garlicabout 1/4 clove (1.5 g)
Tahini1 (16-oz) jar tehina paste (394.78 ml)
Lemon Juicejuice of 1 lemon (45 ml)
Cumin1 tsp (2 g)
Salt1 Tbsp kosher (18 g)
Water1 to 1 1/2 cups ice water (mid 1 1/4) (300 ml)

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

Israeli-American chef of Zahav in Philadelphia; James Beard Outstanding Chef and Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic. Modern Israeli cooking documented in Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking.

Originally published as Quick Tehina Sauce.

Adapted from a Michael Solomonov recipe (Jewish Food Society / Zahav technique).

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 Jewish Food Society / Zahav technique (published as “Quick Tehina Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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