Lemon Sesame Dressing

from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home

• 3 T sesame seeds
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 T soy sauce
• 1 t salt
• 1/4 t ground black pepper
• several dashes Tabasco /  other hot pepper sauce (optional)

Toast the sesame seeds until golden and fragrant. Pour them onto a plate and set aside to cool. Whisk together oil, lemon juice, soy sauce, salt pepper and optional Tabasco until smooth. Stir in cooled sesame seeds. Tightly covered and refrigerated, this dressing will keep for 2 weeks.