Homemade Sunflower Seed Spread with homemade tahini sauce

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Nut Spread

1. 1
   Grind the almonds in a food processor for about 3 minutes, until a coarse paste forms.

   Food processor

   💡At first the nuts grind into crumbs and then into clumps: keep grinding, stopping now and then to scrape down the sides, until the oils are released and the mass turns into a paste.

   💡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
   Mix the tahini and lemon juice and season with salt.
3. 3
   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.
4. 4
   Add the canola oil, tahini, lemon juice, cumin and salt and process until the toppings are absorbed.
5. 5
   Add the water a tablespoon at a time, with the processor running, until it reaches a spreadable texture.
6. 6
   Transfer to a clean jar and store in the fridge for up to a week.

   Jar