How To Prepare Alioli (Garlic Mayonnaise): spanish cooking classes

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A typical Catalonian sauce made of crushed garlic, salt and oil. The name is a deformation of the Catalan 'all i oli', which means garlic and oil. Although it seems quite simple, a genuine alioli is difficult to prepare: it requires crushing the garlic cloves and salt to a paste in a mortar, after which the olive oil is added little by little, constantly stirring in the same direction, until a properly thickened sauce is obtained. Given the difficulty and time involved in its preparation, genuine alioli is not easy to find in restaurants, except in Catalonia and the Valencian Community, where it accompanies grilled meats as well as a variety of rice dishes. What is usually served is a fictitious alioli (mayonnaise, with chopped garlic), which -despite lacking authenticity- may be fortunate, as the genuine version is extraordinarily strong and an excess of this sauce during a meal may later be frankly difficult to digest.