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Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. Sesame seeds
  2. Salt
  3. a glass jar
  4. Hazelnuts
Contains Tree nutsSesame Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Hazelnut High in vitamin E · High in unsaturated fat

    High in vitamin E · 47 mg per 100 g, 393% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin E contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Vitamin E is a fat-soluble nutrient found in many foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    High in unsaturated fat · 88 g per 100 g, 92% of its fatty acids unsaturated

    • Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats in the diet contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels [MUFA and PUFA are unsaturated fats].
    • Replacing saturated fats in the diet with unsaturated fats contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels. Oleic acid is an unsaturated fat..

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Oil, hazelnut”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.

Method

  1. Put the sesame seeds in a pan and turn on the stove on medium heat.
  2. Toast the seeds lightly, while constantly stirring until, after a few minutes, they will send a scent similar to roasted hazelnuts.
  3. At this point, take a seed in your hand and crush it between your fingers.
  4. If it squeezes the sesame is ready.
  5. Move the pan from the fire and put the sesame in a large plate to cool off.
  6. Put salt in the frying pan and proceed as you did with sesame until the salt becomes darker and slightly transparent (it will take less time than the sesame).
  7. Put both salt and sesame in a pestle and pound everything until it becomes a coarse and somewhat oily powder: the gomasio.
  8. Put it in a glass jar and close the lid well.
  9. It will last for a long time.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Mortar and pestle
  • Wooden spoon