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Rouille

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Cooks' note:

·If you don't have a mortar and pestle, use a large heavy knife to mince and mash garlic with salt and cayenne. Then transfer paste to a bowl and stir in bread vigorously with a fork. Add oil, stirring in same manner.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    15 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes about 1/2 cup

Ingredients

3 tablespoons water
3/4 cup coarse fresh bread crumbs (preferably from a baguette, crust removed)
3 garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Pour water over bread crumbs in a bowl. Mash garlic to a paste with sea salt and cayenne using a mortar and pestle (see cooks' note, below). Add moistened bread crumbs and mash into garlic paste.

    Step 2

    Add oil in a slow stream, mashing and stirring vigorously with pestle until combined well.

TagsSauceFrenchEuropeanGarlicRoot VegetableVegetableDairy FreeNut FreeVeganVegetarian5 Ingredients or Fewer30 Minutes or LessNo-CookGourmet
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