The sesame comes through clearly in this fruity tahini salad dressing, against a surprisingly deep, sweet backdrop. Tangy notes linger at the finish. If you use the right amount of pepper, the occasional pepper hits are refreshing and distinctive.
It doesn’t taste like a falafel dressing.
Fruity Tahini Salad Dressing
4
servingsThis dressing is refreshing and out-of-the-ordinary. It’d be as at home on a vegetable salad as it would on a fruit salad.
Ingredients
1 oz. fruit juice
7/8 oz. tahini
1/2 oz. cider vinegar
2 tsp really good maple syrup
Freshly cracked black pepper
Coarse salt
Directions
- Place all ingredients in a 1-cup-capacity container with a tight-fitting lid. Shake like crazy. The dressing will seem much too thin; that’s OK. Refrigerate several hours, preferably overnight, and it will become lusciously thick.
- To serve, don’t shake or stir. Just spoon onto salad, and toss.
Notes:
What kind of juice? Whatever you have in the fridge: pineapple, orange, mango, papaya, a mixture of those; apple cider. I’ve tried this only with opaque-colored juices, mainly because I’ve assumed that their thicker texture would be appealing in the dressing. I’ve never tried it with a translucent juice like cranberry, thinking it’d be too thin. But who knows?
In a pinch, another vinegar (wine, white) will work.
The salad in these photos includes spinach, field greens, avocado, grape tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, shaved carrot, celery, cucumber, grated cheddar, and raisins.
My favorite way to eat this dressing is to toss it into a garden salad with cheese, pile it high onto a wheat tortilla, and roll it up.
The backstory:
To me, this dressing is relevatory. But of course to Google, which turned up over five million hits in half-a-second, it’s nothing new.
Fruity Tahini Salad Dressing
Credit for images on this page: Make It Like a Man! Thank you, Kesor. This content was not solicited by anyone, nor was it written in exchange for anything.
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I’m happy to find another easy vegan recipe- This is an interesting way to use tahini. I can’t wait to try it..
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One of my favourite salad dressings! I usually use water to thin the tahini out, but I am going to try to use some juice next time for the extra flavour.
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Fruity tahini sounds delish, need to try those one out, it also looks amazing on those avocadoes
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I like the idea of using fruit juice in a salad dressing – that’s definitely something I haven’t tried before. Looking at these ingredients, I can see how delicious this would be – what a great balance of flavours, Jeff.
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I was just at a Middle Eastern market where I bought a giant jar of tahini. Thanks for helping me use it!
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Haha – everything has already been made at some point according to Google. That doesn’t mean I trust them all though! However, I do trust yours. And this version sounds fantastic, Jeff. Although I have to ask – how often do you keep papaya juice hanging out in your fridge??
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A lot, actually. My husband lived for many years in Hawaii, and as a result loves tropical fruit juice – which is ubiquitous there. He also doesn’t consider breakfast to be complete unless it contains a glass of fruit juice, so we keep the fridge continuously stocked with one type or another. I’d rather eat the fruit diredtly, and drink coffee, but that doesn’t work for him, and you know how marriage works…
This is a great idea for tahini. I usually have a jar that is lingering in the fridge from hummus.
I love finding delicious ways to clear out my pantry!
Your salad looks amazing….and the jar of tahini in my fridge that’s been patiently waiting to be used in a batch of hummus, will now be used for salad dressing, too!
🙂
As luck would have it, I do have Tahini and we eat a lot of salads! I love that you used tahini, I was just thinking of different ways to use tahini (I kid you not) but didn’t think of dressing, will definitely give it a go this summer.
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Neat recipe! We love salads at this time of the year. In fact I sometimes think we’re turning into rabbits — we eat them so often! This would make a terrific dinner for us. Thanks.
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Sometimes I just slap tahini on LO veg and call it lunch. This is much more sophisticated and worth the extra step. GREG
Thanks, Greg!
What a delicious looking salad!
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Sounds wonderful Jeff. I love mango juice so we usually have it about, so I can’t wait to give this a try. Man, that’s one fine looking salad. Like David, I’ll trust your recipe instead of googling…
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Oh, Google away! I do love a good salad, though, and have lately been enjoying making my own dressings!
Borrowing your idea to introduce fruit juice into salad dressing. Cool! With summer screaming, my family is mostly brunching on salad nourishment bowls and this sounds like a refreshing twist against the classic salad dressing. Thanks for sharing.
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What a combination of flavors! I’m afraid I’m a bit dull in the salad dressing arena — this could really perk things up!
Thanks, David!
Oh yes, please. I would love this fruity tahini. I make a salad dressing in which I add grapes with tahini for sweetness. Your salad looks amazing!
That sounds delicious!
i would never have thought of using tahini in a dressing before until now, really does sound wonderful
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I love all things sesame. From halva to dressings! This would be so great to have at the ready for so many things. It looks perfect in that wrap! I really like the touch of sweetness from the maple syrup. 🙂 ~Valentina
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I’m always up for trying out different salad dressings Jeff. You’ve got me with this one here. I’ve definitely not had it before. Love the idea of using fruit juice in it. Looking forward to giving it a go! Cheers!
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this sounds great jeff. i love tahini!
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Now this is my kind of salad! I love the presentation inside the tortilla!
Thank you! If you have a ready-made garden salad in the fridge – and I almost always do – and a couple tortillas handy, it’s such a wholesome thing to throw together!
Love a tahini dressing! Never thought about combining with fruit juice, but now I have to try it!
I hope you enjoy it!
Ohhh my goodness I LOVE tahini dressing!!! What an amazing idea to these unique fruit juices, I am so intrigued. I can see how mango, orange, or pineapple juice would pair deliciously with tahini. Definitely need to make this!
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Hey Jeff, I’ve been on a homemade salad dressing kick and I can’t wait to try this one. It looks like one we’ll love! Tahini is an ingredient I don’t use nearly enough and it’s good stuff. Isn’t that something when you come up with something new and it’s been around on Google already. Happens to me too 🙂 Great minds….
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No solo es un ingrediente fundamental de nuestro querido hummus o del baba ganush que te comentábamos, también se utiliza en muchas ocasiones la pasta tahini para comer directamente con pan, sobre todo con pan de pita que es la elaboración de pan más tradicional de Oriente Medio. Incluso se sirve en el desayuno acompañado de un jarabe dulce en una elaboración llamada pekmez.
Thanks for you informative comment! Whenever I have the kinds of foods that you mention – and you mention so many of my favorites – I have to say that I always enjoy the bread that I eat them with as much as the foods themselves.
Great Recipe. Fruit juice is an intriguing element in salad. I have pinned this page for a future treat to myself.
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This is such a great blog post!! Thank you for this info!!
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