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toum

Lebanese Garlic Sauce (Toum)

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Lebanese
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Author Zaatar and Zaytoun

Ingredients

  • 2-3 garlic cloves (frozen)
  • a good pinch of salt
  • 1 egg white
  • ½ a lemon juiced
  • 1 cup vegetable or sunflower oil
  • 1 ice cube

Instructions

  1. Peel and freeze the garlic cloves at least 4 hours beforehand

  2. Once you are ready to make the toum, add the garlic, salt and egg white to a food processor and blitz well

  3. Keep the blender on medium and add ¼ of the oil and blend

  4. Then ever so slowly add alternating amounts of oil and lemon juice in a tiny steady stream

  5. When the mixture has come together, add an ice cube and blend for another 30 seconds or so until the mixture goes fluffy.

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