Tahinat el Beid (Tahini with Eggs) - Lebanese recipe - Middle Eastern cooking classes

Tahinat el Beid (Tahini with Eggs) is a traditional Lebanese recipe for a classic dip of eggs and parsley with garlic in a sesame oil and lemon juice base.

Ingredients :

•     2 tablespoons sesame oil
•     lemon juice
•     water
•     1 clove garlic, crushed
•     1 tablespoon chopped parsley
•     salt
•     1 hard-boiled egg

 Preparation

1. Put the oil in a salad bowl and add lemon juice drop by drop – the quantity depends on how astringent you want it. Thin with a little water.
2. Add the garlic, parsley and salt and the egg very finely chopped. Sprinkle on cayenne.
3. Serve as s dipping sauce for bread.