Sesame Mint Spread

Sesame Mint Spread

An inexpensive appetizer with loads of possibilities! This makes just under 1 cup but goes a long ways.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Vegetarian
Servings 1 cup, just less than

Ingredients
  

  • 100 grams white sesame seeds
  • 1 bag fresh mint, about 2 palms worth of leaves
  • olive oil
  • pinch sea salt

Instructions
 

  • Dry blend the sesame seeds in the small jar attachment that comes with most blenders. You'll likely have to tap it a few times during the process. The blending time is a judgement call.
  • Tear up a bunch of mint leaves and include a few stems and add some olive oil to the blender jar. Blend again. Keep adding olive oil until you get the consistency that you desire.
  • Add a bit of sea salt and stir. Done.
  • Spread some of this on a thick slice of tomato and garnish with a cube or sliver of bell pepper. Yellow Bell peppers work nicely with this. Green olives on the side.

Notes

17 Baht for 100 grams of white sesame seeds, 10 Baht for a respectable size bag of mint, this is more than reasonable.

This would go nicely on a cracker with a slice of tomato and a slice of cheese
. This would also go nicely on pasta too... especially cold pasta.

Provided courtesy of good friend, Dave Williams.
Thailand.

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