Rouille

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 large garlic cloves, peeled
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 18 fresh basil leaves
• 3/4 cup breadcrumbs or 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 3 teaspoons stock, hot
• 3 egg yolks, beaten until well blended
• 2 red bell peppers, roasted and peeled
• 1 cup olive oil
• tabasco sauce, to taste
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 using a mortar and pestle, mash the garlic until it's a thick puree. (don't use a food processor, it incorporates air.).
• 2 add salt, pound into a paste.
• 3 add herbs, continue to mash.
• 4 add bread crumbs and stock, mash until fully incorporated.
• 5 when all ingredients are indistinguishable, transfer to a heavy bowl.
• 6 add the egg yolks, incorporate by mashing and stirring, in turn.
• 7 add the red pepper, mashing and stirring.
• 8 beat all together until sticky.
• 9 continue beating, adding oil in a thin stream. (at this point a food processor is handy, or a stand mixer.).
• 10 when the oil is all added, the result should be a thick, heavy sauce, almost like a mayonniase or aioli.
• 11 season to taste with hot sauce, salt and pepper.