Chef John's Tarragon Aioli recipe

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Ingredients

2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 pinch kosher salt
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
½ cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste

Nutrition Info

100.6 calories
carbohydrate: 0.9 g
cholesterol: 5.2 mg
fat: 10.9 g
fiber: : -
protein: 0.2 g
saturatedFat: 1.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 128.3 mg
sugar: 0.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Crush garlic and salt together in a mortar with a pestle, add tarragon and continue crushing with the pestle until tarragon is pulverized.

  2. Stir mayonnaise and lemon juice into garlic-tarragon mixture until aioli is smooth, season with cayenne pepper.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

The beauty of aioli made in the traditional method with a mortar and pestle is that a small amount of garlic can flavor a large amount of mayo. Also, this real aioli is so strong and powerful that you don't need half a cup of mayo on your grilled fish. Just a teaspoon of my version is so intense it will fully flavor a whole piece of meat or pile of veggies.

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