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250 ml
Easy
Published 1985
In the bright sunshine of Provence, garlic is pounded into a paste, combined with golden egg yolks, then infused with fruity olive oil until it reaches a rich emollient sauce, aïoli. This golden, unctuous mixture is sometimes referred to as the ‘butter of Provence’, and it is eaten with almost anything: hard-boiled eggs, grilled or boiled fish, succulent snails, boiled or grilled meat, spread on to crusty bread and floated in a bowl of fish soup, and so on. Provençal villages hold summer fê