This week the Tel Aviv Table served a program on Tehina, the sesame paste that is a mainstay of the Israeli kitchen. In this show, we visited the Jibrini Tehina factory in Jerusalem’s Old City. Shooky Galilee, the author of the hummus101 blog and taster of hundreds of tehinas, explained what makes tehina fabulous or terrible. Uri Meir Chizik dished out the history of sesame farming and tehina grinding in the Holy Land. Chef Yahaloma Levy gave some unusual ideas for cooking with tehina – like kneading it into the dough for gnocchi. And journalist Daniel Estrin explained how to make a perfect tehina dip. Includes a recipe for tehina.
Music Playlist:
Sesame Street – theme song
Ronnie Milsap – back to the grindstone
Yair Nitzani – שיר המנגל
רחוב סומסום – שיר הנושא
Nigel Admore – Humus Makes You Stupid
Jackie Greene – Grindstone
