Creamy tahini and labneh sauce

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Creamy tahini and labneh sauce

This sauce is prepared with lebneh (fresh cheese made from yogurt-pasteurized milk. With a very thick cream texture and a mild lactic flavour, slightly lemony, accented with cumin, mint leaves and coriander. Use this sauce to enhance your salads, sandwiches, tacos, pizza meat or poultry or even pasta.

Creamy tahini and labneh sauce

By John Bases Print
Details
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: No cooking required
Servings or yield: 1½ cup of sauce
Difficulty level: Easy
Ingredients
½ cup tahini
1/3 à ½ cup water
2 tbsp. olive oil
7 mint leaved, minced, optional
2 tbsp. de Labneh (can be replaced with sour cream)
The juice of ½ lemon
¼ tsp. chopped red chilli pepper finely, optional
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp. fresh cilantro leaves, chopped (can be replaced with fresh parsley)
1 pinch ground cumin
1 ½ tbsp. Pomegranate molasses, optional
Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

In a bowl add tahini, water and mix adding more water if necessary until liquid sauce is consistence. Add olive oil, mint, lemon juice, coriander, garlic, molasses and red pepper and mix well. Add cumin and labneh, salt and pepper to taste and mix well.

Use to enhance your sandwiches, tacos, meat or poultry. See our recipe spaghetti sautéed pork with tahini sauce. Keeps refrigerated one week.

Tips, Tricks + Culinary ideas

Substitute In this recipe, mint leaves and cilantro is optional and can be replaced with other herbs like fresh parsley, tarragon or dill.
Suggestion Use to enhance your salads, sandwiches, tacos, pizza meat or poultry or even pasta.

Preparation steps

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1 - In a bowl add tahini, water and mix adding more water if necessary until liquid sauce is consistence. Add olive oil, mint, lemon juice, coriander, garlic, molasses and red pepper

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2 - Add cumin and labneh, salt and pepper to taste and mix well.

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3 - Use to enhance your sandwiches, tacos, meat or poultry. See our recipe spaghetti sautéed pork with tahini sauce. Keeps refrigerated one week.

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