Catalan All-i-Oli with Bread

Yield > 1
Keys : Sauces Spanish Spain European Mediterranean Spanish
Ingredients :
6 x Garlic cloves peeled
1/2 slc White bread crust removed
1/2 tsp Lemon juice or wine vinegar
1 cup Olive oil room temperature
1 pch Salt
Method :
• Mash bread and garlic in mortar together with salt to
taste. Stirring constantly in the same direction, add olive oil
very gradually. When mixture is as thick as a good
mayonnaise, add lemon juice or vinegar. Still stirring,
gradually add remaining olive oil.
• This recipe makes 1 cup of sauce.
• Comments: Classic Catalan all-i-oli, used on fish, meat,
vegetables, and salads, is made without egg yolks. This
requires the use of many raw garlic cloves-too many for all but
true garlic enthusiasts. The addition of bread in this recipe
permits the use of less garlic.
• All-i-oli is easy to make providing certain rules are
observed, rules equally applicable to mayonnaise. The
ingredients, particularly the olive oil, must be at room
temperature. The oil must be be added very gradually and the
sauce must be stirred in the same direction all the while. All-ioli
will keep several days under refrigeration.