The difference between tahini and peanut butter:

Appearance: Peanut butter is light in color and tahini is dark in color. Pure sesame paste is delicate and oily, with the same density at the top and bottom in the bottle. It will have a thick layer of oil after being stored for a long time. If the peanut butter has been left for a long time, the bottom part will be harder.

Smell: Open it and smell it. Tahini has a strong sesame aroma, while peanut butter does not.

Taste: Peanut butter tastes slightly sweet and crispy, while tahini will be a bit bitter.

Things to note when buying sesame paste:?

You should avoid choosing sesame paste with too much floating oil in the bottle, because the less floating oil, the fresher it is.

In addition to paying attention to taste and price factors when purchasing sesame paste, you can also make a rough judgment based on the senses. Look at the packaging of the product, which is strong, neat and beautiful. The factory name, factory address, product name, production date, shelf life, ingredients, etc. should be marked on the packaging.

Pure sesame paste that has been produced for a short period of time (within 20 days) generally has no sesame oil precipitated at this time, and its appearance is brown or tan. It is very sticky when dipped with chopsticks, and it flows out from the bottle. , the sauce body is not easy to break, and the vertical flowing length can reach about 20cm. Pure sesame paste that has been produced for a long time (more than 30 days) will have a brown or tan appearance. At this time, sesame oil will usually precipitate on the upper layer, but after stirring, the flow characteristics will not change much.

Tahini generally has a rich sesame aroma and no other peculiar smell. The sesame paste mixed with peanut butter has a distinct smell of peanut oil and a more obvious sweetness. In addition to the obvious smell of sunflower oil, tahini mixed with sunflower seeds also has a much lighter smell than pure tahini.

Put a small amount of sesame paste into a bowl, add a small amount of water and stir with chopsticks. If the more you stir, the drier it becomes, it is pure sesame paste. The main reason is that sesame paste is rich in sesame protein and oil, which have a strong affinity for water.