Roasted Garlic and Tahini Dressing

 

This homemade salad dressing is easy and delicious, and good for you, too!

2 roasted garlic bulbs *

Extra virgin olive oil of a very good quality – about 2 cups

Juice of one large lemon

White balsamic vinegar – 1/3 cup
2 tablespoons tahini

½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper – freshly ground is best

Step 1 – Roast the garlic by snipping off the tips and placing the bulbs root side down on a baking sheet.  Cover with aluminum foil and bake for about an hour at 300 degrees. When the garlic is done, it will be soft and light brown in color. In the meantime, your house will smell like an Italian restaurant!

Step 2 – When the garlic is cool enough to handle, pinch the bulbs and the soft, roasted cloves will come out of their casings easily. Put all of the garlic in a medium sized glass mixing bowl.

Step 3 – Add all of the other ingredients and mix well with a hand blender or mixer.

Step 4 - Taste and fine tune - it's easy to make the dressing suit your taste. Add more of any ingredient to make it just the way you like it. Add to any salad for a fresh and tangy finish. It makes a great flavor addition to coleslaw as well as a topping for a leafy green salad or a sauce for a sandwich. Homemade dressings make nice gifts, too!

 * Roast several extra garlic bulbs. Pop the cloves out of their sleeves and store them in a glass jar in the refrigerator. Roasted garlic adds great flavor to soups, chili, hummus, and a whole host of other vegetable and meat dishes.

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