Italian Sauces Recipes - Piquant Garlic Sauce (Agliata Piccante) Recipe

Ingredients  

• 1 thick slice white bread, crusts removed

• 30 ml/2 tbsp white wine vinegar

• 4-5 garlic cloves, peeled

• 150 ml/2/3 cup olive oil

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

1. Break the bread into pieces and soak in the vinegar. Puree the garlic in a blender or food processor.

2. With the machine running, add the oil a little at a time, stopping and scraping down the sides of the machine every now and then.

3. Drop in the bread a piece at a time, blending all the time until a thin mayonnaise-like consistency is reached.

4. Season well and serve with any type of seafood or as a dip.