Skorthalia (Garlic Sauce)
"I found this recipe on a Greek cooking site. This can be served with fried fish, squid, fried or boiled vegetables or as directed in recipes. Posted for ZWT6."
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
1 1/2 cups
ingredients
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1⁄4 cup white vinegar
- salt
- 125 g crustless day-old white bread
- 1⁄2 cup ground almonds
- 1⁄2 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- fresh ground white pepper
directions
- Soak halved garlic cloves in vinegar for 10 minutes.
- Remove garlic to a mortar, add 1/2 teaspoon salt and pound to a paste.
- Soak bread in cold water and squeeze dry.
- Crumble into small particles and gradually blend into garlic, adding a little vinegar to smooth the mixture.
- When well pounded and smooth, transfer to a bowl if mortar is small.
- Gradually beat in ground almonds and olive oil alternately with remaining vinegar.
- Beat in lemon juice and add salt to taste.
- If mixture is very thick, beat in a little more oil or lemon juice, depending on flavor balance.
- Mixture should be the consistency of stiff mayonnaise.
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Food processor or blender method:
- Soak garlic as above.
- Place all ingredients except oil in container and process or blend until smooth.
- Gradually beat in oil.
- Adjust seasoning, flavor and consistency as above and blend until smooth.
- Do not over-beat as mixture could heat and curdle.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lazyme
Grapeview, Washington
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