Here’s how to make a proper Lebanese Garlic Sauce, aka Toum.
Ingredients:
– (1 cup) Garlic Cloves
– (1 Tbsp) Boiled Potato
– (1 cup) Light Olive Oil
– (Pinch) Salt
Add a cup of garlic cloves and a sprinkling of salt to a food processor and pulse until it’s finely minced. Pause the food processor and add a heaping tablespoon of boiled, skinless potato, then continue to blend until creamy.
Start slowly drizzling in the olive oil in a little bit at a time to keep the sauce from splitting. Continue to blend the sauce for about 5 minutes, or until it’s completely smooth and creamy.
Serve immediately as a dipping sauce or spread, or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a month.
There are so many ways to make garlic sauce, but this one is something special. And just trust me about the boiled potato— it’s a game-changer if you want a perfectly-textured garlic sauce.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
– Chef Mike
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23 Comments
Toum is the shit
Thanks Chef!
Your brand olive oil is the worst you can buy. Its not even Italian it just sounds like it
Bertouli is vegetable oil with chemical flavor.
Raw garlic??
I've been told another authentic way is to use bread crumbs instead of potato. Another recipe uses walnuts. All delicious, covers most allergies.
Thanks brother. I’m glad you’re using light olive oil. The seed oils I can’t eat. I get inflammation & gout. I will try this version.. very healthy.
Dang potatoes I never realized that. Always loved Lebanese garlic sauce. Honestly some of the best sauce there is.
Totally True . It’s Old Lebanese culture
Lemon juice?😮
Gassss
no idea why iwas so taken aback with the amount of garlic went into garlic sauce..
I like the one with lemon in it
In Greece we do the same pretty much. ✌️
The potatoes is not necessary
this would go crazy with some fish and chips
Are you lebanese?
Turkey burgers, feta, arugula, tomato and toum. 👌
DELICIOUS YESSSSSSSSS PLEASE LOOKS AMAAAAAAZINGLY DELICIOUS
Im making that when I get home
Anyone who’s ever been here knows how bad his food overrated. All hype, far from the worse but far from the best
Can we use extra virgin olive oil
For people reading, you don't need potato for toum and it's not traditional. It makes it easier for the sauce to combine and lessens the risk of it breaking apart, that's pretty much it.