Hi Julia – this garlic paste tastes great with so many sandwiches.. we’ve tried it in paninis with salty cheeses like Halloumi, and of course the meats.. baked potatoes, etc… I hope you’ll have a great dinner. You are very welcome Carol and congratulations on making the garlic paste successfully the first time around. So if I have 2 cups of oil, I’d need 1/4 cup of garlic (and maybe a tsp of lemon juice) – does that seem right to you? Regarding lemon juice, 1-2 teaspoons are fine. I've already tried adding more salt and lemon to half of the batch but it isn't toning down the aftertaste and I'm starting to lose the thick texture. If you get the emulsion right, meaning get a thick creamy paste instead of watery, it should last a while. The cloves are big, easy to peel, not too spicy, and very tasty. It … Thank you very much! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Add the garlic and salt to the blender and then carefully add the oil and lemon juice in stages, a little at a time, while the emulsification process takes place. Definitely a favourite at our Aussie bbq thanks, Thank you for the feedback Charlene and I’m glad you got it down at the end!! Hello, I was wondering if I could use my Magic Bullet for this recipe? Can this be saved or did I just wast $10 and an hour of my time? Have patience while adding lemon/oil, follow the recipe and you will the fluffy tasty dip… . The result should be a tangy/garlicky paste…. Hi Gary – I tried making the garlic paste a few times using “The Bullet” which is a micro blender similar to Nutribullet. Will follow your instructions to the letter next time. Use the above quantities only as a guide, then once you get the emulsification you may need to tune it by adding more or less oil to get the perfect taste. Thank you so much for posting this recipe. Do you know if using Realemon juice works out the same as squeezing a fresh lemon and do you know exactly how much lemon juice is in the recipe? If I split the batch up could I continue adding oil to half at a time? Hi I tried your reciepy and it didn’t work. With the food processor running, slowly drizzle 1/2 cup of the oil into the bowl. One of the woman at the restaurant did tell us that they add jalapeno as well as the garlic, oil and lemon juice. If you want to try a specific kind of garlic, ordering it online is your best bet. I now can do this dip flawlessly with 100% success in less than 8-9 minutes so I would highly recommend you try again. Lebanese Garlic Sauce Recipe: Toum, The Ultimate Guide, Be the first to get new recipes and exclusive, https://www.mamaslebanesekitchen.com/poultry/chicken-shawarma-recipe-garlic/, http://www.maskafood.com/authentic-middle-eastern-garlic-sauce/, http://www.asknumbers.com/CupToMilliliter.aspx, Mama’s Christmas Turkey: How to Cook a Turkey, Lebanese Style, Lebanese Fruit Cocktail With Rose Water Ashta Cream, Original Lebanese Ashta Recipe – Clotted Cream With Rose Water, Simple Fruit Salad Recipe: Lebanese Style. The key is to start off with a large quantity of garlic in the food processor (about 1 cup) and with just salt on them, grind them for a minute or 2 until they turn into a paste or super crushed. Using the pestle and mortar is the old fashioned way of doing it and it may even yield a better tasting garlic if we have patience for it. Toum “middle eastern garlic sauce” Ingredients: 2 tablespoons corn starch. You can also subscribe without commenting. Either the texture wasn’t quite right or the flavor wasn’t exactly where I wanted it to be. I don't know if it matters but the toum had been in the refrigerator for about an hour before I reintroduced it to the food processor. By the way have you tried it yourself? Thanks for the fast response! Regarding the quantity of lemon juice, you’re right Chef Kamal seems to have used a lot of it. I did just like your video, but that delicious recipe turn into a watery mess. This makes a cross between the much loved garlic sauce and tahini which is often used in shawarma. Ari LeVaux More Content Now Thursday Jun 25, 2020 at 9:55 AM Jun 25, 2020 at 9:55 AM. ... How can i get rid of the “too spicy” taste? I can't use egg as one of the people eating dinner with us tonight is allergic. Thank You! I can’t wait to try it! Thanks so much for such a fast reply!! We all meet in the kitchen cooking up our favorite dishes. I don’t know if it will have an impact on reducing the garlic bitterness. And although I’m not a betting man, I’m giving odds that your mothers, (let’s bless their hearts), never failed! Here is our Chicken Shawarma recipe including all the spices needed: https://www.mamaslebanesekitchen.com/poultry/chicken-shawarma-recipe-garlic/. Marcia what type of restaurant was that? Hi Dee – the sauce on Gyros varies greatly.. if you’re talking about the GReek Style Gyro, they use a yogurt-based sauce (zatziki). I am not sure if we are allowed put web links on in the comments, you can find them if you google (Maska Food), Here is the link to their garlic sauce. So my only experience with toum is that I ate it at a restaurant a couple times and couldn’t stop thinking about it. However I personally prefer the food processor. 6/23/2020. ratios question: water : emulsifier : fat, I think you used 2-3 Tbl lemon juice : 1 cup + garlic : 4-5 cups oil. It’s great on grilled meats and vegetables or as a spread or dip. This recipe checks all the boxes and it is vegan too. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. My first try crashed because I was only using a half cup of garlic and my Cuisinart was far too big and as a result 1) the garlic cloves did not sufficiently paste and 2) the oil was not making sufficient contact with the garlic and I ended up with a cup and a half of failed broken sauce. I wasted several pounds of garlic experimenting with different methods. Thank you, thank you!!! Glad to know others tried it successfully, now I’m more encouraged to try it. I spent many years in Jordan, Syria, and Palestine but never learned how to do this properly. Add the lemon and oil slowly. I guess the restaurants wanted to keep it secret. Good to know. I used up so many pounds of garlic first trying to figure this out but once you get the hang of the process it becomes a breeze. I’m now able to make an amazing paste consistently in less than 8 minutes. Congratulations on making successful Garlic paste in such a cool twist to it. See, I love the garlic sauce in certain Lebanese and Greek deli wraps and kabob dinner plates. Olive oil sure makes it bitter. Add 1 teaspoon of the lemon juice. Required fields are marked *. Suddenly to my surpise, I got a beautiful paste.I kept adding oil and blended out the strong garlic taste. A watery mess for me too – then I put it into the frig – it separated and today I poured the oil off and tried again! It took me more than 1 year and several pounds of garlic to get it right, but it’s very satisfying to be finally able to make a good garlic paste! The brand TOOM Garlic Dips even have a few flavors making it either spicy or basily to mix it up! ... (Traditionally the oil is added and the sauce is made in the mortar itself, but nowadays a blender works well too). I think half a lemon would have been perfect. I’ve heard of people using some raw egg white in order to make things stick together at the bottom so you could try that if you are ok with raw eggs. I had to add the whole bulb and more oil to try to try to tone down the lemon. Hi Hannah – this is an indication that the emulsification process (which binds the oils + water to form a cream) failed.. don’t sweat it, just try again following our instructions closely. We try to quantify things here, but you’ll probably notice that the ratios may need to be different in your case depending on how strong the garlic is, and which type of oil you use. Followed the instructions to a T with my Cuisinart and ended up with ‘garlic soup’. . My blender is a closed one, so I need to add, close the lid, blend and then repeat the process. I slowly trickled in another six tablespoons of lemon juice, alternating with almost two cups of more oil. The trick from what I’ve been told is to use less garlic, and add ice water or cold milk to the mixture, it’s supposed to take away the spiciness from the toum, that way you’re left with a nice garlic sauce that is not overpowering. Remove the garlic cloves from the head. Or a mix of olive oil/grapeseed oil? The blades on my hamilton beach wouldn’t get the garlic on the bottom. So you would keep on doing the same process but just add a cup or so of oil until it’s pleasant to the taste. I'm very much against drugs probably due to my control freak nature so drug documentaries don't usually hold that much appeal but she pointed me towards the final episode of the series. Since there is so very little lemon juice proportionally, lets not include it in the ratio just to keep it simple, and work from a 1 to 4 ratio of garlic to oil maybe? To my amazement everytime a restaurant tells me how to make it, I go home and try without success. And you should order soon. This garlic sauce however goes on the Chicken Shawarma and on Chicken Shish Tawook both of which are featured on our blog. A sweetener like honey or sugar can work in some dishes that include garlic, but should be used carefully to keep the dish from becoming unpleasantly sweet. ¾ cup of water. http://www.maskafood.com/authentic-middle-eastern-garlic-sauce/. Only at that point, after they’re completely crushed do I start adding the oil perhaps one cup at a time, very slowly, then 1 or even 1/2 teaspoon of lemon and alternate until I’ve used about 3-4 cups of oil per cup of garlic. You sure can Emilie, we’ve done it successfully with the Magic Bullet before. Hi Lori. Still determined, I allowed it to cool, added an ice cube and one egg white. If however you have a smaller food processor then it should be fine. I’m so happy to find your website and recipes Even more happy to say my Garlic ‘Butter’ turned out amazing the 1st time around and I am thrilled to try others now!!! 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