Tahini Sauce

• servings: Serves 4
• active time: 5 mins
• total time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

Basic Tahini Sauce

½ cup tahini*

¼ cup fresh lemon juice

6 tablespoons water, plus more as needed

1 small garlic clove, grated or pressed

½ teaspoon sea salt

Maple syrup or honey, as needed

Extra-virgin olive oil, as needed

Green Goddess Tahini – Like the beet variation, this super-green sauce comes together in the food processor. I pulse a heaping 3/4 cup fresh cilantro, a heaping 3/4 cup fresh parsley, 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, and 1 teaspoon olive oil into the base recipe ingredients

Directions

In a small bowl, stir together the tahini, lemon juice, water, garlic, and salt. Season to taste. If you find the tahini sauce too bitter, add ¼ to ½ teaspoon maple syrup or honey to balance the flavor. If it’s too sharp, add ½ to 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil to mellow the flavor. If it's too thick, add water, as needed, to reach your desired consistency.

See the blog post about for the turmeric, beet, and green tahini sauce variations.