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Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce)

Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce) — a lebanese recipe, 4 ingredients.

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Ingredients

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  • 10–40 g fresh, peeled garlic (less for a milder thoum, more for a stronger one)
  • ¾ cup olive oil
  • 1 lemon, juiced and strained
  • ¼–½ tsp salt

Steps

  1. Use a pestle (traditionally wooden) to smash the garlic with salt until very smooth; you can add the salt at the beginning or after the garlic is well smashed.300x300px
  2. Gradually mix in the oil—start by adding one drop at a time and stirring the oil into the garlic with the pestle. After you've added about 15 ml of oil and it's been well incorporated, you can drizzle the oil in rather than adding it drop by drop. After half of the oil is added, alternate a bit of lemon juice with a bit of oil. Don't stop for long while mixing; it's necessary to keep stirring, stopping only for very brief periods. When finished the toum will have a similar consistency to thick mayonnaise.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0