That Recipe

Hi All

Does anyone have the recipe for the ali oli spread that they serve in the restaurants on the french bread????

The closest we have got is the spread in a tub at the mercadonna, which is nice, but that is a more buttery type.

The stuff they serve in restaurants is thicker and almost mashed potato looking stuff.  Anyone out there know how to make it???

If not maybe Justin could ask the resident chef    

Go to Consum.  They have an a tub called allioli that is to die for!!!  Ingredients on the pack says:

Olive Oil, Garlic and pasteurised eggs with no preservative or colourants...that's it.  73 cents a big tub (30 cents a small one).  We brought back several tubs and have just dipped some crackers in them...yummy!

SWMBO loves making these dips.  Up until now she has concentrated on Tashi sauce (a dip in Greece using sesame seed paste, garlic, lemon etc) and Tsatsiki (another dip from Greece using yoghurt, cucumber and coriander) so she had a go a aoli using the following:

3 free-range egg yolks
4 cloves garlic
½ lemon, juice only
salt and freshly ground black pepper
150ml/5fl oz extra virgin olive oil

She made it like this:

Blend all ingredients, except the olive oil, in a food processor. Pour the oil into the blender in a steady stream, until it forms a thick sauce. The mixture, once blended, should be vibrant and yellow in colour. To vary the flavour, add a little mustard or some saffron. .

Looks nice but she says we have to wait until tomorrow until it "festers".

Enjoy/
 

Hi Bob

Thanks for that

I have tried the one in the yellow tub and the green tub which has herbs and is yummy and we always bring some back for the kids or they go mad (well we do book them in to Ely homes when we are away LOL)

I will try your recipe and consum, but this white stuff we had was something else and I can't think what it is that gives it that colour and thickness and it's driving me mad. I will get cracking tomorrow on your recipe and let you know how it goes. Thanks again O wise one

 A quick way is to get mayonnaise and crush garlic into it. Leave overnight to let the flavour seep through. Yum! And great on grilled Salmon

It's SWMBO that is the wise one.  Mind you, I have a recipe for spare ribs that will blow your socks off, if I do say so myself.  My son-in-law brings his mates round for miles around just to try them.

Oh, OK, then, if you insist.

First, spare ribs.  Pork, of course, and make sure the fat has been trimmed to the minimum.

Boil the ribs first (to tenderise them) for around 20 to 30 minutes until the meat is starting to separate from the bone.  If you have an electric frying pan (they come out best in these) put in 100 grams of butter and 100 grams of brown sugar.  Mix until combined.  Fry the ribs in the caramelised mixture until brown.  Add one whole, chopped, onion and caramelise them.  Add 3 cloves of crushed garlic.  Add 50grams of tomato puree and spread over the ribs.

3 tablespoons of soy sauce and 2 tablespoons of white wine vinegar.  Add to the mixture in the pan (change the ratio of soy sauce to vinegar according to taste, we like the 3 to 2 ratio but don't overdo the vinegar)

1 heaped teaspoon of mustard powder and 1 teaspoon of oregano.  Mix everything around.

Put the electric fry pan on low setting (1) for about 1 and half hours. Baste several times during cooking).  Serve with rice or noodles or salad or (even) chips.

If you haven't got an electric frying pan, stick it all in a casserole dish and cook on medium (150c) for 1 and half hours.

Delish, honest.

Ely homes Gina !  Now that is a thought............do you have to book for the kids in advance??

Thanks all

I will try them out.

Bob, the ribs sounds lush

I remembered I had the stuff I was talking about in a Greek restaurant once which was very similar so had a google. This is what I found so will try them all out. The second recipe might be it as I said it was like a mashed potato sort of mix.

Do I need to get a life?

And Jane, don't tell me you were never threatened with Ely "omes when you were naughty?

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The allioli I mentioned (available from Consum) is available at Morrisons in UK.  Same brand, slightly more expensive at 99p a tub (as opposed to 73 cents in Consum) but there it was, on the same shelf as the cream and dips.

 Save a few bob on the air fare to stock up.

Hi All

Bumped up the old alliolli thread to add to the last one.

I did try the mashed potato one and it was lovely. I do love the allioli in the tubs too, but just had to find the one I started on about in the first place . Think I must have AOCD