White Bean Salad in Tahini with homemade raw tahini

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Tahini sauce

1. 1
   Grind the sesame seeds in a powerful blender about 3 minutes, until smooth paste forms.

   Blender

   💡At first the sesame looks like dry crumbs: keep grinding, scraping down the sides, and after a few minutes it releases its oil and turns liquid.

   💡In a food processor, grind in short pulses and check between pulses: it's easy to go from coarse to paste. (Sesame for tahini, on the other hand, is ground continuously.)
2. 2
   Taste and adjust the seasoning.
3. 3
   Mix the tahini, lemon juice, garlic and cumin and season with salt and black pepper.
4. 4
   Gradually add cold water while stirring, until the sauce is smooth, pale and pourable.

   💡When you add the first water, the tahini thickens and looks like dough: that's fine. Keep adding water and stirring, and it loosens into a smooth sauce.

To assemble

1. 5
   Drain the beans and rinse well under cold water.

   Colander

   💡Rinse canned beans well: the canning liquid is starchy and salty, clouds the dressing and softens the beans.
2. 6
   Place the beans in a bowl and pour the tahini sauce over.

   Bowl
3. 7
   Add the olive oil and parsley and stir gently.
4. 8
   Sprinkle the hot paprika on top and serve.