Thum -- Garlic Sauce (Lebanon -- Middle East)

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"This recipe comes from the 2002 cookbook, Mediterranean Street Food."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 406

ingredients

• 5 large garlic cloves
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 tablespoons yogurt (optional)
• 1 small potato, boiled, mashed (optional)

directions

1. In a mortar & pounding with a pestle, work the garlic cloves & a little salt until reduced to a very fine paste.
2. Drizzle in the oil very slowly, stirring constantly to blend well.
3. If you don't want the sauce to be as strong as this will be, add some yogurt and/or mashed potato & blend well before serving.

Reviews

[Charmie777]

Yum!!!! I added the yogurt and had this with chicken shwarma. Awesome!

 

[VeggieCook98]

I went with the first 3 ingredients, and it was awesome! I've used it in pasta sauce, artichoke dip, and I even added a bit to Recipe #373002. Thanks Syd!

 

[um-um-good]

My husband and I enjoyed this; but, unfortunately the garlic we used was stupid hot. I bought fresh; but, it was still crazy hot & overwhelmed the flavour this is supposed to have. We will try again though.

 

[Katzen]

This is a simple and heady garlic sauce, ready for use in any number of applications, from as simple as dipping flatbread into, to roasting potatoes in. I stuck with the first three ingredients, and worked the flavour into the oil - the salt seems necessary to the process. Thanks, Syd! Made for PRMR Tag.

 

[littlemafia]

Never tried a garlic sauce with EVOO and this was awesome! Left out the yogurt,but I added the mashed potato.Thanks for sharing this!