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Tahini Sauce

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Ingredients

  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
  • 1⁄2 cup tahini
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • pinch of ground cumin
  • 6 tablespoons ice water, more as needed

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together garlic and lemon juice. Let sit for 10 minutes.
  2. Strain garlic-lemon juice mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible.
  3. Add tahini, salt, and cumin to the bowl. Whisk until combined.
  4. Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking until sauce is smooth and creamy. Add more water as needed to reach desired consistency.
  5. Adjust seasoning to taste.