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I picked up a kilo of sesame seeds half price.
Things I could make with them (we have a neighbourhood party this weekend):
Sesame Tortillas:
1. Cut flour tortillas into wedges: place on ungreased baking sheet: bake in a hot oven for 3 minutes.
2. Remove from oven, brush with honey, sprinkle on sesame seeds
3. Return to oven, bake for 2 more minutes or until golden brown
Allow to cool (or the honey will burn your mouth!) and serve with thick yoghurt whipped with a little more honey for a dip.
Plus: They sound SO GOOD. Minus: They also sound pretty fiddly to make.
Sesame Pancakes:
1. Mix 1 cup sourdough batter with 1/2 cup of warm water, 1/2 cup of milk, 1 pinch salt, 1 cup sifted flour, and let stand
2. while lightly toasting a cupful of sesame seeds on an unoiled iron griddle
3. Tip the sesame seeds into a bowl, spread a little oil on the griddle
4. ...and fry up some tasty sourdough pancakes.
5. When they are done on the underside, sprinkle them with toasted sesame seeds, turn them over, and cook for another minute or two.
Plus: I could make these with buckwheat flour. That might be an idea. And serve them with sour cream. Minus: Somewhat fiddly. Plus, anything that has to be kept warm doesn't work for party.
Sesame Cookies:
Toast 1/3 cup of sesame seeds. Allow to cool. Whisk 1/2 cup of butter with 1 cup of brown sugar, then beat in 1 egg, 2 tbps milk and 1 tsp vanilla essence. In a separate bowl, sift together 1 cup of flour (self-rising or 1/4 tsp baking powder), 1 pinch salt, and the toasty sesame seeds. store). Whisk the flour/sesame seeds into the wet mixture. Drop the mixture by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on to baking trays well-greased or lined with parchment. Decorate with a half-pecan and/or with a mix of black and toasted white sesame seeds. Bake in a hot oven until crisp and caramel brown - about 7 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes on the tray, and then transfer to a rack to let cool completely.
Plus: Awesomely delicious! Minus: OH but that means I have to buy pecans, too.
Sesame Traybakes:
In a nonstick pan, melt 3/4 cup butter, stir in 1.5 cups brown sugar and 1.5 teaspoons vanilla essence. Remove from heat, stir in 2.25 cups rolled oats, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, and 3/4 cup sesame seeds. Mix well till thoroughly blended. Press into a rimmed baking tray that is well-buttered, and bake for 7 to 10 minutes in a hot oven. Cool in the pan. Cut into bars.
Sounds excellent, and I may make these, but they also sound too healthy for 'party'. Though I suppose I could then add caramel and then chocolate to the traybakes....
Dates With Sesame Seeds:
Toast 1 cup sesame seeds till brown on an unoiled iron griddle. Fry 1/2 cup blanched almonds until golden brown. De-seed 2 lbs of soft dates and make into a dough flavoured with 1 tblspn ground cardamom seeds. Mould the date dough into a datelike shape and stuff with a fried almond. Roll in sesame seeds. Repeat until mad or run out of date dough.
Plus: Delicious, as far as I can taste the flavours in my mind: Minus: People would ask "What is that?" and then probably not eat it, or try one to be polite. Also, even more fiddly than the tortillas-with-sesame-seeds.
Sesame and cheese scones:
Make scones with 1/3 cup of toasted sesame seeds and 1/3 cup grated cheese to 1 cup flour. Decorate the top of each scone with more grated cheese and sesame seeds before baking.
Simple, delicious, yet again probably not quite 'party'. Mind you, I'd like them.
Sesame bread:
Make bread. Use 1 cup of sesame seeds to 1 cup of wholemeal flour and 1 cup of rye flour plus sourdough batter plus blackstrap molasses. Use the toasted sesame oil. Form into loaves after the first rising and brush with oil then press into a plate of toasted sesame seeds. Let rise and brush again with oil to keep the seeds on when the loaf bakes.
I'm definitely making this for me, whatever the loaves look like for the party. Minuses: none that I can think of.
Other ideas?
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