How to Make Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce)

Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce)

Toum is a Lebanese garlic sauce, perfect for serving like a mayonnaise – with grilled chicken, Lebanese style. This is also serves with Lebanese kebab shish tawook

Ingredients:

1. Garlic cloves – 5
2. Egg white – 1
3. Juice of 1 lemon
4. Salt – 1 pinch
5. Iced water – 1 cup which you will use around 2 tbsp
6. Oil – 1 cup

Method:

• Add garlic cloves, salt and 1/4 of the lemon juice in the blender.
• Blend on medium and scrape the sides down when the garlic goes flying everywhere.
• Then add egg white and blend on medium.
• Then add half the oil in bit by bit.
• When it starts turns into thick sauce, switch to a slow blend, and add the rest of the lemon juice in slowly too.
• Add the rest of the oil in the same way.
• Then add 1 or 2 tbsp of water.
• You will see the consistency change into something wonderfully creamy and light.