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)

Where it sits

One of 39 nut sauces in the catalog, with 6 ingredients against a median of 8.

The acid here is lemon juice. In this category chefs also reach for Sherry vinegar (8 recipes), rice vinegar (2), and lime juice (2).

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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The jar carries pour-and-shake sauces. These are its closest cousins from kitchens like this one:

3 kitchens · 4 stars · 4 national awards

Garlic Lemon Nut Sauce★ STARRED KITCHENOn the jar: TAHINI
Passion Fruit DressingNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: AMBA TEHINA
Lemon Tehina SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: LEMON TEHINA
Buttermilk Vinaigrette★★★ KITCHENOn the jar: BUTTERMILK

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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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