Garlic is a popular staple in many cuisines around the world due to its beneficial combination of incomparable health benefits and an extremely expressive taste that cannot be confused with anything. Prepare a garlic sauce, and with it, even the most ordinary dish will become a culinary masterpiece.
It is necessary
- For a simple recipe:
- - 5 cloves of garlic;
- - 3 tbsp. mayonnaise;
- - 2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- - 1 tbsp. sour cream;
- - half a lemon;
- - salt;
- For the second simple recipe:
- - 8 cloves of garlic;
- - 150 g of 25% sour cream;
- - 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar and vegetable oil;
- - a sprig of basil;
- - salt;
- For tomato sauce:
- - 5 cloves of garlic;
- - 150 ml of dry white wine;
- - 3 tbsp. olive oil;
- - 2 tbsp. tomato paste;
- - 1 tbsp. corn or wheat flour;
- - 2 sprigs of dill;
- - salt;
- For the cheese sauce:
- - 4 cloves of garlic;
- - 100 g of hard cheese;
- - 50 ml of olive oil;
- - 1 chicken egg yolk;
- - 20 g of peeled pistachios;
- - 2 tbsp. white wine;
- - 1 tbsp. lemon juice;
- For bread sauce:
- - 1 head of garlic;
- - half a white loaf;
- - 1 lemon;
- - 80 ml of vegetable oil;
- - 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper;
- - 10 g of parsley;
- - salt.
Instructions
Step 1
Simple Garlic Sauce Recipe
Peel the garlic cloves, chop at random and put in a mortar. Put some salt in there and rub it well with a pestle. Transfer the resulting mixture to a bowl, mix with vegetable oil, lemon juice, mayonnaise, sour cream and whisk.
Step 2
Soak the sauce in the refrigerator for at least an hour and serve with meat, poultry, fish, seafood, mushrooms, vegetables, or as a dip for unleavened tortillas or Mexican chips.
Step 3
Another easy garlic sauce recipe
Free the garlic from the husk, pass through a special press and place in the bowl of a blender or mixer. Add sour cream, vinegar, vegetable oil and herbs torn by hand and rub into a homogeneous mass.
Step 4
Salt it to taste and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour. This sauce is used not only cold, but it is also used to grease the edges of the pizza so that they do not dry out, or season the soup to spice it up. In any case, this is what they do in Italy itself.
Step 5
Tomato garlic sauce
Heat the olive oil in a skillet or saucepan, fry the flour in it until light brown, then add the tomato paste and mix thoroughly. Pour in a thin stream of white wine, stirring the sauce constantly. Simmer it for another 2 minutes and cool until warm.
Step 6
Grate the peeled cloves of garlic on a fine grater, chop the dill branches with a sharp knife and stir in the tomato mass, salt. This sauce is especially good for dough dishes such as pasta, dumplings, manti, khinkal, ravioli, etc.
Step 7
Cheese garlic sauce
Grate the cheese and peeled garlic on a fine grater. Grind the pistachio kernels in a mortar or coffee grinder. Combine the prepared ingredients in one cup, pour over with vegetable oil, yolk, lemon juice, wine and stir.
Step 8
Tighten the container with cling film, keep it in the refrigerator for an hour, then place it next to a large platter of croutons, toast, French fries or chopped vegetables.
Step 9
Bread garlic sauce
Preheat oven to 200oC. Cut the crust off the bread, cut it into thin slices, rub with crushed garlic, brush with a little vegetable oil and bake until crisp.
Step 10
Remove the zest from the lemon with a grater, mix it with the remaining garlic and chopped parsley, chopped dried loaf in a blender, as well as vegetable oil and lemon juice. Season everything with pepper and salt and serve with boiled or stewed meat or tongue.
