A staple of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine for millennia, tahini is creamy without being dairy and nutty without actual nuts
Photo: Courtesy of retailers Tahini, the versatile condiment that’s creamy without dairy and nutty without technical nuts, has been a staple in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine for millennia . It’s a common ingredient in dressings and pastries, called for over and over again in some of our favorite cookbooks, but, as food writer and author of Dining In and Nothing Fancy, Alison Roman points out, “They’re not all the same.
Other fans of the brand include Oron; Roman ; Brooklyn business owner and restaurateur Andrew Tarlow, who told us he carries Soom at his fine-food grocery Marlow & Daughters ; and Jen Satinsky, co-owner of Weckerly’s Ice Cream, who uses it in her chocolate-sesame sorbet saying, “I found that it has a depth of flavor that compliments the cocoa and dark chocolate, and gives the sorbet a creamier texture.
$10 at Sur la Table Buy $10 at Sur la Table Buy Beirut Tahini Sesame Paste Both Oron and food writer/ceramicist Marian Bull said they love Beirut tahini. Bull gets hers at Kalustyan’s and both agree that the big jar is a plus. Oron told us, “I go through a lot of tahini. It was the most used ingredient after salt, pepper, and olive oil in both of my cookbooks.
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