My quest for
the perfect slaw recipe seems to be never ending. This is the 6th of
9 slaw recipes in this book that I’ve tried so far, and each one is slightly
different spin. The “Tahini Broccoli Slaw”, page 75, introduced me to packaged
broccoli slaw. I’ve seen it in the grocery store for years, but never bought
any until now. I’m a broccoli fan, and I actually enjoy the munching on the raw
stems, so I felt confident I would like this salad. The tahini based dressing makes
it rather rich, and I found a little went a long way. The salad ingredients
consist of premixed broccoli saw (which includes a small amount of shredded carrots and red cabbage)
and green onions. The dressing is tahini, miso, rice vinegar, sesame oil and soy
sauce. The topping is roasted sesame seeds.
As Robin
Robertson often does with these recipes, she used one of the ingredients in
several of its forms, in this case, sesame. There was the tahini (sesame seed
paste), sesame oil, and toasted sesame seeds. Although I normally eschew oil in
my cooking, I do make an exception for sesame oil and use it on occasion as a
condiment. This recipe called for 1 tablespoon, I cut that down to 1 teaspoon.
I also thought ¼ cup of sesame seeds would be too much, so I used just 2 tablespoons.
These adjustments still yielded a very rich and creamy mixture.
My quest
continues!
Keeping it
“McDougall Friendly” check list:
- You can leave sesame oil out completely if you want, or cut it way back and still enjoy the strong flavor.
We don't have bags of prepackaged broccoli slaw here, so when I have made these recipes I have shredded stems in my food processor. It would be much easier to just get to buy them! Though I do find that the pre-packaged cabbage slaws are really dry. This looks like a really good dressing though! I think I would also cut down the sesame oil and sesame seeds. 1/4 seeds is a lot!
ReplyDeleteHi Susan! That is a great option, shredding the broccoli stems in your food processor. I'm sure that would yield a much fresher and tastier mix. I might try that next time I make a broccoli slaw salad. :)
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