Roasted Garlic Aioli - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 large head of garlic
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    2 egg yolks
    1 minced garlic clove
    1 small lemon, juice of
    1/4 cup water
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1 pinch ground cayenne pepper
    1 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil
Preparation
    Roast the garlic head by cutting a thin slice off the very top of the head to expose the tops of all the cloves. Set the head in a shallow baking dish, and drizzle 2T olive oil over the head and season with salt and pepper.
    Cover w/ foil.
    Bake in a 300 degree oven for 1-1/2 hours till garlic is very soft.Set aside.
    When cool squeeze the pulp out of the garlic into a blender and add egg yolks, garlic, lemon juic, water, salt, and cayenne.
    Puree till smooth.
    With motor running add the reserved oil from roasted garlic plus the additional 1-1/2 c oil in a slow steady stream and continue processing till emulsified.

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