I am in BC and the field tomatoes are in. Today I toasted fresh bread, topped each slice with herb infused aioli and gently layed on top thin, juicy slices of tomato. I cut my sandwich in quarters and the fourth quarter went straight to my mouth before it hit the plate. I am still salivating at the thought of it.
Aioli with Fresh Herbs
Aioli, a fresh garlic mayonnaise
moves up a notch when mixed with fresh chopped herbs. I tried blending the
herbs into the aioli but I prefer when they are chopped fine and mixed in at
the end with the salt and pepper. This way you can get just the perfect amount.
Ingredients
1 egg
1 Tbsp lemon juice
3 cloves garlic, peeled
1 cup quality
vegetable oil
Sea salt
Fresh ground black
pepper
2-4 Tbsp fresh chopped
herbs, sage or thyme or parsley or basil or your favorite, chopped fine
Order of Events
1. Place the egg, lemon juice and garlic in a food
processor or blender and process until well combined.
2. With the motor running on the lowest speed, slowly
pour the oil in a thin stream and process until the mixture is thick
and creamy.
3. Stir in salt, pepper and fresh herbs until the
flavour is perfect.
Kitchen Ideas
A toasted field tomato
and aioli with fresh herb sandwich is drippingly good.
That tomato sandwich description had me salivating, too! I can't eat a sandwich without lettuce, though. No lettuce, Bunny?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the driving analogy. I am there now. Funny how you don't think something as simple as 'use plain yogurt, not vanilla' in dressing would have to be explained. Sort of like 'left signal is down, right is up'.