We're all accustomed to seeing sesame seeds as a pastry or pie topper or in the occasional biscuit. But we're also in love with these other sweet ways to use the tiny black and white flavour bombs...
These velvety little pots make a lovely light meal ender. They feature homemade almond milk, cream and vanilla, brought to life with a crisp sesame praline.
Almond milk puddings with sesame praline Source: Chris Chen
Prepare to have everything you know about cheesecake rocked. Traditionally made with a type of sheep or goat’s milk, you can also use ricotta in this dead-easy Greek version. It’s crustless and features semolina and sesame seeds, laced with orange and cinnamon. .jpg?imwidth=1280)
Source: Chris Chen
Think of this like a coconut cream-injected granita. The semi-frozen lychee adopts a killer creamy texture, with crunch from the sesame praline shards.
Frozen lychee and coconut cream with sesame praline Source: Benito Martin
These airy puffs are the best of the profiterole and streusel worlds. The choux pastry balls are filled with a black sesame pastry cream and topped with a sweet, crunchy crumble-like topping.
Black sesame cream puff Source: Alicia Taylor
Breakfast dessert has an important place in some households. This one sees a sweet and salty black sesame paste stirred through a fluffy pancake batter. Serve with whipped cream and blueberries.
“Geez, cutlery. How I long for fingers.” Source: Kuwahara Natsuko
A riff on the Moroccan fried savoury snacks, these briouats have a spiced almond filling, then are baked in a crisp, honey-soaked filo shell. Genius!
Source: Alan Benson
The semi-sweet Lebanese bread rings are coated in crunchy white sesame seeds, making them a crazy-moreish tea-time accompaniment.
Source: Alan Benson
The slight saltiness of the black sesame seeds give this rich chocolate cake great flavour balance, with the added health properties of settling the nervous system, too.
Source: Jared Fowler
You only need four ingredients to make these Jewish date biscuits. They're super moist and simple to make, topped with sesame seeds for a crunchy, addictive endnote.
Source: Harper Collins / Alan Benson
These cute caramel pine cones are made using store-bought Polish sweets and puffed rice - they are salty, sweet, crunchy and 100 per cent addictive - consider yourselves warned.
Source: Hardie Grant Books
More on sesame seeds!
Simit with haydari (Turkish sesame bread with yoghurt dip)
