For the 19th-century Occitan newspaper, see L’Aiòli. The names mean “garlic and oil” in Catalan, Provençal and Italian. Some versions of the sauce are closer to a garlic mayonnaise, incorporating egg yolks and lemon juice, whereas other versions are without egg mustard aioli and have more garlic.
This gives the sauce a pastier texture, while making it more laborious to make as the emulsion is harder to stabilize. Like mayonnaise, aioli is an emulsion or suspension of small globules of oil and oil-soluble compounds in water and water-soluble compounds. In Spain, purists believe aioli should not include egg, but in France and elsewhere, egg or egg yolk is the usual emulsifier. Since about 1990, it has become common in the United States to call all flavored mayonnaises aioli. The word is a transparent compound of the words meaning “garlic” and “oil”.
The English spelling comes from the French aïoli, which itself comes from Occitan. The spelling in Occitan may be alhòli, following the classical norm, or aiòli, following the Mistralian norm. The most common term in Spanish is alioli, an adaptation from Catalan, although it is also called ajoaceite, ajiaceite, ajolio or ajaceite. It is also spelt alioli in Galician. Garlic is crushed in a mortar and pestle and emulsified with salt and olive oil. Today, aioli is often made in a food processor or blender, but some traditionalists object that this does not give the same result.
This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. In Occitan cuisine, aioli is typically served with seafood, fish soup, and croutons. An example is a dish called merluça amb alhòli. In the Occitan Valleys of Italy it is served with potatoes boiled with salt and bay laurel.
The Provençal cuisine fish soup bourride is generally served with aioli. David Tanis, A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes, ISBN 1579653464, 2008, p. Julian Wright, The Regionalist Movement in France 1890-1914: Jean Charles-Brun and French Political Thought, ISBN 0199264880, p. Your favourite online Supermarket From fish to veg, meat to grain get it all in one shop, delivered. Aussie food for Aussie families We guarantee the best tasting produce from farm to front door in 36hrs or less!
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