Tarator

Name: Tarator
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: sea salt and black pepper; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; juice of ¼ lemon; 6–10 tablespoons water; 2–3 dessertspoons red wine vinegar; a good pinch of ground allspice; 30 g stale white bread, crusts removed, soaked in water, then squeezed; 2 garlic cloves, crushed to a paste with salt; 150 g shelled walnuts, soaked in boiling water for 1 hour to remove any bitterness from the skins

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Moro

By Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark

Published 2001

About

Tarator is a classic Turkish garlicky nut sauce eaten with vegetables, grilled fish or chicken. It is made with either walnuts, almonds, pinenuts or hazelnuts. We find the flavour of raw garlic goes particularly well with walnuts. Recently we have taken to tossing warm green beans as well as cucumber salad in this sauce.

Ingredients

150 g shelled walnuts, soaked in boiling water for 1 hour to remove any bitterness from the skins
30 g stale white bread, crusts removed, so

Asia
Turkey
Sauce
Vegan
Mediterranean

Method

Rinse and drain the walnuts, put in a food processor with the squeezed bread and blend well. This is slightly a matter of taste. The finer the nuts are chopped, the more mayonnaise-like the end result is. Combine the other ingredients and stir in. Season with salt and pepper. Roughly chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley or dill is a nice addition to this sauce.