Aioli Recipe

Aioli is a garlic sauce, a traditional Italian sauce, very similar to homemade mayonnaise.

It is mayonnaise with a difference!

This garlicky mayonnaise type sauce is wonderful served with fish or potatoes.

It also makes a great dip for vegetables and other crudites.

You have probably seen this sauce made by celebrity chefs on TV cooking shows. You may be surprised that it is exceptionally easy to make at home.

This garlic sauce recipe is easiest to make in a food processor, but don't fret if you don't have one. The easy to follow instructions below show you now to make a perfect sauce by hand. It's just a bit more tedious that way, but yummy just the same.

Italian Aioli Sauce

4 garlic clove sections
2 egg yolks
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 slice dry French bread without crust, soaked in milk, wrung out and broken into pieces (optional)
1 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon cold water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Finely chopped parsley (optional)

Skin, then chop finely the garlic cloves. Beat in the egg yolks, salt and bread. Add the oil slowly while beating constantly. As the sauce thickens, beat in the water and lemon juice.

* Note: This sauce is very easy to make using a food processor. No beating required.

Makes 1 cup.

• Serve over fish, cold boiled potatoes, beet rounds, steak or boiled beef. It is also good served with bread sticks or other dippers as a dipping sauce.

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving

Calories 262; Calories from Fat 255; Total Fat 28.3g; Saturated Fat 4.2g; Cholesterol 53mg; Sodium 50mg; Total Carbohydrates 1.8g; Sugars 0.5g; Protein 1.2g; Vitamin A 5%, Vitamin C 5%; Calcium 2%; Iron 3%

(Percentages based on a 2000 calorie per day diet)