So you open a jar of Tahini to make hummus..

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..what do you do with the rest? the Hummus only needs a teaspoonful!

exactly why i stopped adding it, never got through the rest of the jar!! i suppose you can add it to other stuff but like you i never worked out what exactly that other stuff might be?!!!
will watch with interest....

you could always freeze the rest.
in portions.
maybe scoop it out into ice cube trays.

i had an opened jar of tahini for about 3 years, though, kept dipping into it for dips etc, and it never went off!

I have exactly this problem...

Nickelbabe does it actually freeze OK? Quite like the ice-cube idea!

is tahini peanut paste?

I didn't realise that was in hummus

or no I'm wrong aren't I

its sesame oaste, is it?

hmm no help at all sorry

I have the answer.

Pour some olive oil into the jar so that there is a layer sitting over the tahini, covering it.
Voila. Tahini remains edible.

(I do this with every jar of tahini i buy and it has not failed me yet. Am still alive.)

Tahini tastes (imho) very nice in itself as a spread on bread, or mixed with something like mashed potatoes. Absolutely scrummy mixed with honey on bread. It's often okay with savory biscuits or rice cakes, too. Is good cooked with tofu, or to make sweet biscuits with (use up to 1/4 tahini to replace peanut butter or butter in biscuit recipes).

I quite like tahini mixed with pasta, including with regular pasta sauce: yes, I quite like heavy meals. .

Else just send all your barely opened jars to me, I'll find a use for them, lol!!

It does keep well in the fridge but (if no-one knows the answer) would be worth doing the experiment of freezing. I did this with pesto, works well and I'd imagine its somewhat similar.

I make lots of baba ganoush and hoummous and then freeze the leftovers (they freeze very well). That way half a jar of tahini is gone straight away and the rest keeps well int he fridge.

i don't know if it will freeze, i'm afraid

i just thought it sounded like it would work.

you need to experiment with a small bit!

So what is baba ganoush?

baba ganoush is an aubergine dip made with the scraped out inside of roasted (or grilled) aubergine

I make mine by scoring the skin of a couple of aubergines, placing under a hot grill until the aubergines start to collapse, scraping out the insides..I add garlic, tahini, salt, lemon juice, roughly chopped tomatoes and parsley and voila...but this is a recipe from my Syrian MIL..not necessarily something that others follow to make Baba ganoush

You can also add it to yoghurt with lemon juice, garlic, salt, some tomoatoes and some parsley to make a great sauce to accompany falafel

But, tahini does keep really well imo so no rush to use it up

my recipe sounds similar cept I don't have tomatoes in mine.

I agree it sounds a bit odd, but it does work - MIL (bless her) used to make the best baba ganoush!

someone recommend me a hummous recipe pls as have jar of tahini gathering dust in my cupboard

If you mix it with natural yoghurt and a bit of lemon juice it makes a nice dip for falafels. I have a feeling there is a fourth ingredient I have forgotton there though...

Banana and tahini mashed together on toast. Fantastic!

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STEP AWAY FROM THE TAHINI - no good will come of home made hummous, I guarantee it.

Bluebump - garlic!

I add tomatoes and a little bit of parsley to mine

I love Middle Eastern food!

spoilsport moll

doesn't involve chickpeas somewhere along the line...?

chickpeas = good
tahini= good
garlic = good
lemon juice = good
seasoning = good.

but soemwhere along the line, a hideous transformation takes place and you will end up with an evil-smelling, grey substance which will weld togehter your blender and cause misery and woe.and taste like poo Misery and woe, mark my words.....

You need to be adding ice cubes as well mollyroger. No welding that way.

I make a thin tahini drizzle for lamb pittas from tahini, olive oil, lime or lemon juice, garlic & salt, so that's another teaspoon down.

ROFL mollyroger. You should market that as a health food - Misery And Woe Snack Company.

ice cubes you say? Dagnammit.