Garlic Paste

[Emancipation 2]

I've been trying to recreate my favorite 'dip' from my fav. Lebanese restaurant back home.

With Shish Taouk they would serve this dip as an example.

Everywhere I look online the recipe seems to be

1 bulb garlic

1/2 cup of olive oil

and

1Tbl of lemon juice.

I just tried this AGAIN with really fresh garlic and a mediocre oil.. and it was SO strong and nasty I almost threw up.

I REALLY want to make this.. anyone have a no-fail recipe??

[Jaseball 0]

What about roasting the garlic?

[frustrated1 0]

I think it's called Toum. maybe you're using too much garlic. one bulb sounds like a lot. try the following:

INGREDIENTS

4 cloves garlic, peeled

1/4 cup vegetable oil, or as needed

1 pinch salt

1 lemon, juiced

DIRECTIONS

Crush garlic in a mortar and pestle with a generous pinch of salt. Mix in oil a teaspoon at a time until the mixture will absorb no more oil. Stir in the lemon juice. serve at room temperature with Lebanese breads, hummus or Tabbouleh

[sereia 0]

I've never mastered this recipe yet. ..although I've only tried a few times. hehe. One of my favorite restaurants, "Zankou Chicken" has the world's best toum and I can't seem to figure out what they do!!!!

Good luck and post the best recipe here if you ever find out a good one. You could always mix garlic in some mayo for a fast fix. Luckily I found store bought toum at our local arabic market but its still not nearly as good as Zankou!!!