Dukkah

Ingredients

• 8 pistachios, shelled
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 2 teaspoons black peppercorns
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• ½ teaspoon dried mint leaves
• 1 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

1. 1
   Add the pistachios to a mortar and pestle and set aside. (Alternatively, you could do this in a food processor or electric spice grinder.)
2. 2
   To a small skillet, set over medium heat, pour in the sesame seeds and moving the pan continuously, toast until lightly golden brown, about 30 seconds. Transfer to a mortar and pestle and repeat the toasting process with the black peppercorns, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and fennel seeds. Add the dried mint leaves to the mortar and pestle; mash and twist and mash and twist again until the spice mixture is all ground up.
3. 3
   Take a closer look throughout the spice mixture and be sure to mash up any peppercorns or seeds that are still whole (there will most likely be a few). Transfer to an air-tight container. Dukkah goes well on everything from hummus to scrambled eggs to avocado toast—its applications are truly endless!