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Toum
Toum (which is Arabic for “garlic”) is a garlic sauce, similar to aioli, and a main ingredient in many Lebanese and Middle Eastern recipes.
Prep Time
25 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 4 cups / 1 L
Calories: 1502 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern , Lebanese , Vegan
Ingredients
- 5 oz garlic (about 2 heads)
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 5 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 5 tablespoons ice water
- 3 cups grapeseed oil (or rapeseed / Canola oil)
Instructions
- Peel and degerm the garlic cloves.
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Preparation in a food processor
- Place the garlic and salt in the bowl of a food processor and blend the garlic very finely.
- Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and continue to mix until a paste begins to form.
- Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice again and blend until the mixture is completely smooth.
- While continuing to mix, add 1 cup (250 ml) of oil very slowly, in a very thin stream, followed by 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
- Repeat the operation by adding 1 cup (250 ml) of oil and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
- Continue the same process, alternating the remaining cup (250 ml) of oil, the remaining lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon of ice water, until all the water has been incorporated.
Preparation with a mortar and pestle
- Prepare the recipe with a mortar and pestle in smaller additions than with a food processor, depending on the size of the mortar.
- In the mortar, combine the garlic and salt and pound until the mixture becomes a smooth paste.
- While continuing to mash, stir the oil into the mixture, 1 teaspoon at a time, alternating with drops of lemon juice and a few drops of ice water.
- Repeat until all of the oil, lemon juice and water have been incorporated.
- Transfer the toum into a tightly closed glass jar.
- The toum will keep for 1 month in the refrigerator.