Skorthalia (garlic Sauce)

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 5 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• salt
• 125 g crustless day-old bread
• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak halved garlic cloves in vinegar for 10 minutes.
• 2 remove garlic to a mortar, add 1/2 teaspoon salt and pound to a paste.
• 3 soak bread in cold water and squeeze dry.
• 4 crumble into small particles and gradually blend into garlic, adding a little vinegar to smooth the mixture.
• 5 when well pounded and smooth, transfer to a bowl if mortar is small.
• 6 gradually beat in ground almonds and olive oil alternately with remaining vinegar.
• 7 beat in lemon juice and add salt to taste.
• 8 if mixture is very thick, beat in a little more oil or lemon juice, depending on flavor balance.
• 9 mixture should be the consistency of stiff mayonnaise.
• 10 food processor or blender method:
• 11 soak garlic as above.
• 12 place all ingredients except oil in container and process or blend until smooth.
• 13 gradually beat in oil.
• 14 adjust seasoning, flavor and consistency as above and blend until smooth.
• 15 do not over-beat as mixture could heat and curdle.