# Lebanese Garlic Sauce aka Toum

Toum is a fluffy white garlic sauce that is a staple in Lebanese cooking and can be served with shawarma.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 lemons
- 20 garlic cloves
- vegetable oil
- 1 pinch salt

## Instructions

1. Juice three lemons.
2. Put 20 cloves of garlic into a high-power blender or food processor with a pinch of salt.
3. Give the garlic a quick blitz.
4. With the blender running, alternate slowly streaming in the lemon juice and vegetable oil until the mixture is light and fluffy.
5. Refrigerate the sauce for a few hours to allow the garlic flavor to mellow.

## Equipment

- high-power blender
- food processor

## Tips

- After a few hours in the fridge, the garlic flavor will mellow a little bit.
- The sauce is good for about two weeks.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-04-12

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