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a small bowl of lemon herb tahini sauce on a green napkin with three pita, parsley, and a lemon.
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Creamy Lemon Herb Tahini Sauce

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Spoon this creamy lemon herb tahini sauce over your favorite Mediterranean meal. Whether dinner is lamb meatballs with pine nuts and raisins and a side of pita, or you've discovered the joy that is fawaffle, this sauce is a quick and easy flavor-matched accompaniment.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Sauces
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Servings: 8
Calories: 111kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Food processor

Ingredients

  • ½ cup tahini
  • 1 small clove garlic
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley leaves and thin stems only
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves and thin stems only
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • ¼ cup lemon juice from about one lemon, plus more to taste
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup yogurt (or Greek yogurt, sour cream, or water) plus more as desired for thinning

Instructions

  • Add all of the ingredients except for the yogurt to your food processor and blitz until smooth. Scrape down as necessary and blitz again until the mixture is smooth. You will have flecks of herbs.
    ½ cup tahini, ¼ cup fresh parsley, ¼ cup fresh cilantro, 1 small clove garlic, ¼ cup lemon juice, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon lemon zest, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • Add ¼ cup of the yogurt, sour cream, or water and blitz again for 10 seconds.
    ¼ cup yogurt (or Greek yogurt, sour cream, or water)
  • Check the consistency and taste. Add more yogurt or water, lemon juice, salt, or pepper, as desired.
  • Serve immediately or store in a air-tight container or wrapped in plastic wrap in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Notes

This recipe makes about 1 cup of lemon herb tahini dressing. Nutritional information is included for a serving of 2 tablespoons of yogurt tahini sauce made with Greek yogurt.
Be sure to stir your tahini jar well before adding the tahini to your food processor.
You can thin the lemon herb tahini recipe with more lemon juice or any kind of yogurt, sour cream, or water to your desired consistency.
Taste the lemon herb tahini sauce and adjust. If the tahini taste is too strong, add a tablespoon more lemon juice and yogurt.

Nutrition

Serving: 2tablespoons | Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 0.3mg | Sodium: 154mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 203IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg