Basil Aioli - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 teaspoon minced garlic clove
    2 coddled eggs
    1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
    2 tablespoons lemon juice
    1 cup olive oil
    1 teaspoon kosher salt
    1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
Preparation
    * to coddle the eggs, place whole egg (in the shell) into simmering water for 1 minute then remove and chill under cold running water. This is to make sure you have no salmonella in your yolk. You could use pasturized eggs, I suppose.
    Place the garlic (finely chopped), egg yolks and dijon into a stainless steel bowl and whisk together.
    whisk in the lemon juice.
    in a slow stream, add in the olive oil, whisking constantly until it is fully incorporated. This will thicken as it is whisked, so add a bit of water along the way if it gets too thick.
    Season with salt.
    Stir in the basil (very finely chopped).

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