Tahini
Tahini has many uses in the kitchen. It's great spread over warm toast, on crackers or on sandwiches.
Ingredients
- 5 cups (705 g) sesame seeds, toasted
Directions
- Place sesame seeds into the Vitamix container and secure the lid.
- Start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to its highest speed.
- Blend for 2 to 3 minutes, using the tamper as necessary to press ingredients toward the blades.
Chef's Notes
Using toasted sesame seeds for this recipe is not required, however, using toasted seeds helps to create a more uniform and smooth texture rather than a thicker paste. Be sure to blend this tahini on your blender's highest speed, as this allows the fan to cool the motor properly and the blades to process your mixture to optimum quality.
Nutrition Information
| Serving Size | 1 serving (29 g) |
| Amount Per Servings | |
| Calories | 210 |
| Total Fat | 16g |
| Sodium | 40 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 4g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3g |
Tahini is rated
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Rated 4 out of
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esurbas from
Slower and in stages, it worked
Made as written, the sesame packed solid below the blades and never pureed, even when I had run on high long enough for it to be very hot. It was the texture of pie crust dough, heavy and crumbly. After I dug it out, I put it back into the jar and ran the machine on 2-3 until I could see the lowest inch or more gradually liquified, then raised the speed and used the tamper for another two minutes. The tahini was still very thick -- too thick to pour, I needed to spatula it out -- but it was a thick smooth liquid. It was also hot enough to literally burn my skin, so beware in decanting it. But now looking forward to enjoying eating it!
Date published: 2020-05-06
Rated 5 out of
5
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Divegirl from
Came Out Great
I toasted the seeds and started blending. The noice and hot steam was making me uncomfortable - just like other reviews said, I was hoping this was because the blades heating not the equipment overheating. After 2 minutes of blending I turned it off, and it wasn't completely blended - it was a thick paste. Since everything was steam hot I decided to wait for the past to cool down, and then blended it on high for another minute and 15 second. This is when the miracle happened :-) the thick paste turned into a beautiful creamy tahini sauce! I am just wondering, should I be concerned with the level of noise and the steam coming out of the blending jar while I blend seeds and nuts in the future?
Date published: 2020-05-07
Rated 5 out of
5
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Hollyhocks from
The trick for making great tahini
So the trick for making great tahini is to toast your sesame seeds. But don't burn them it will be bitter if you do. Cool the seeds a bit but you definitely want them still warm. They release their oils if they are warm and no extra oils are needed. Push them down into the blades with the machine on high continue doing this until you have the smooth runny tahini or your dreams. But the real trick is warm sesame seeds.
My other trick is that instead of trying to scrape out all the tahini from the jug I get the bulk of it out leaving some behind on purpose, then I make a batch of hummus right away, once the hummus is made I do the same trick leaving some hummus behind in the jug and then I make a great dressing using some lemon juice, garlic cloves, capers, nutritional yeast, and water. Once this is all done it is so easy to pour the dressing out and clean the jug. After all this which only took 15 minutes I have tahini, hummus and a wonderful dressing.
Date published: 2019-03-26
Rated 5 out of
5
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MaineJoe from
Don't try to halve this recipe
Don't try to halve or quarter this recipe. The blades on the vitamix are so high that the sesame seeds stay under the blades and just stick to the sides.
Date published: 2018-10-06
Rated 5 out of
5
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Kelly Write Away from
Not what I expected, but GOOD
I've made peanut butter with my Vitamix, but this tahini is more doughy and drier in consistency than an oilier peanut butter. I usually get the tahini at Trader Joe's, so I expected something oilier than what I came up with, but the cleanup on this is easier and it tastes great! It tastes clean, healthy, and I can't wait to use it in new things!
Date published: 2018-09-13
Rated 5 out of
5
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Asaliha from
Good
Just don't do what I did...I roasted my sesame seeds (organic raw unhulled!) and the taste is much too strong. My mistake. Other than this I'm sure this tahini must be perfect when done with hulled sesame seeds.
Date published: 2018-08-23
Rated 4 out of
5
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JessS from
Sesame paste - not quite pourable
The tahini is much more like a paste than a pourable liquid, compared with the one in the video. The machine sounded like it wasn't very happy when it was at level 10, so I kept it down between level 6 and 8. It tastes just like store-bought tahini, though, and I imagine it will work similarly but just stiffer so will perhaps need to add more liquid. Does anyone know if it needs to be stored in the fridge or okay on the shelf?
Date published: 2018-12-25
Rated 3 out of
5
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Damselfly007 from
Help!
I followed the recipe but I have a thick paste not the more thin spread that is shown on the video. The tase is fine but I was wanting the consistency shown here. After giving up and accepting the thick paste I had I pulled it out of the fridge and I decided to run some it through the blender again on speed 3 for 4 or so minutes I have something closer to the video.
Date published: 2019-08-17
