making hummos with roasted sesame tahini?

[Aimee]

This tahini is dark tan and not light beige. Would it still be good in Hummos? It seems different from the pale tahini I usually cook with. Thanks.

[Zeldog]

It's excellent. I use it exclusively. I don't know if it's unhulled or toasted, but you can actually taste it in the hummus.

[luckyfatima]

It is traditional to use unroasted pale tahini in hummus. However, nothing will happen if you use roasted (like Joyva brand), you will just be able to taste a stronger sesame flavor. I happen to like this flavor and sometimes add a dash of Korean or Chinese sesame oil (made with roasted seeds) to amplify the flavor of the hummus with it since I usually have regular unroasted seed tahini at home.

[Muchlove]

Luckyfaitma, the point I would make is that sometimes the darker tahini is not roasted at all, it is just made from unhulled seeds.

[Muchlove]

There's a tahnini made with unhulled sesame seeds. That's actually the kind my family always buys. It will be fine in hummus.

[Aimee]

Thank you! It was reminding me of chinese sesame paste and I was worried that the flavors wouldn't work but I'm about to make it.