Making Tahini
Submitted by Stuart Broz on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 2:27pm
I'm currently between jobs, which means I'm on a budget. Almost every time I've gone to the grocery store, I've looked longingly at a jar or can of tahini... but I haven't been able to justify buying one.
It hasn't really been an obsession or anything. If it was really that crazy, I'd just buy it. It isn't like tahini is ridiculously expensive. Still, I really like both hummus and baba ganoush. Both of these things require tahini, are easy to make, and are, other than the tahini, inexpensive.
Image by House of SimsToday, I was briefly in Snider's Super Foods and I saw a smallish jar of tahini for over $7. As I contemplated it, it occurred to me that I had an enormous container of roasted sesame seeds at home.
Sometimes, I am an idiot.
I tossed some of the sesame seeds into the microwave for about 15 seconds and then ground them up in my coffee grinder. Mixing that with a bit of toasted sesame oil gave me some great tahini. In about five minutes, there was some lovely hummus for lunch.
