Can I make Tahini?

Jude said:

I'm out of tahini, and I roasted up more eggplant than I need for the
yummy penne with egg[lant and ricotta recipe someone posted a few weeks
ago.......I though I would make some babaghanoush with the extra
eggplant, but I seem to be all out of tahini. Anyone ever made it
before by pulverizing sesame seeds in a food processor or mortar and
pestle or something? I'm flying by the seat f my pants
here....otherwise the leftover eggplant will end up in a pasta salad, I
guess.

I don't usually use store-bought tahini, but keep a jar of slightly
toasted sesame seeds in my pantry. To make baba ghanouj or hummus, I
just start with the sesame seeds in the food processor and when they
seem sufficiently powdered I add the rest of the ingredients for the
dish and continue processing.

Hope this helps.

Jude said:

I'm out of tahini,

http://www.ochef.com/235.htm

No big deal to make your own but I don't think there is any monetary
savings... you'll need a lot of sesame seed to make the equivalent
amount pricewise of ready made.... may even be less expensive to just
buy a tin.

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

No big deal to make your own but I don't think there is any monetary
savings... you'll need a lot of sesame seed to make the equivalent
amount pricewise of ready made.... may even be less expensive to just
buy a tin.

Sheldon

Yeah, I was just trying to save myself a trip to the store this
morning. Usually I have a jar in the fridge but today I'm out.

Thanks for the link, its a good one!