Toasting the sesame seeds before making the tahini gives the sauce a far superior flavour. Transfer the toasted sesame seeds to a food processor, then blend until a crumbly paste forms.

This article originally appeared on The Nosher. Basic tahini sauce is made with a mixture of tahini paste, water, lemon juice and garlic. Tahini paste itself is made from toasted ground sesame seeds.

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Make the green tahini sauce: In a blender or food processor, combine mint, sorrel and garlic. Pulse to roughly chop and combine. Blend in juice of ½ lemon and a generous pinch of salt.

Transfer schnitzels to paper towel-lined plates to drain. Season with salt. Make the lemon-tahini sauce: Stir tahini until it is uniform in texture. Season with lemon juice and salt to taste.

That salad is piled onto a spread of creamy, savory sauce made with tahini, miso paste, soy sauce, lime juice and water. The resulting salad tastes as magnificent as it looks, at once both rich ...