Friday, September 14, 2007

Mojito Sauce

This is an adaptation of Daisy Martinez's 'Garlic Sauce' from her 'Daisy Cooks' cookbook. It uses roughly the same ingredient list as Daisy, but a different approach to make something more like a vinegarette.

Ingredients
  • Juice of 1 Lime
  • Juice of 1 Lemon
  • Juice of 1 Orange
  • 3/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (She calls for white, but suggests that you play with this.)
  • 10 cloves garlic
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 oz cilantro
Preparation
  1. Mash the garlic and the salt together using a mortar and pestle. Do not use a food processor, but using the side of a knife would probably work just fine
  2. Put everything except the oil and cilantro in a blender, and pulse until pureed
  3. Turn the blender on and slowly drizzle in the oil
  4. Add the cilantro and pulse a few times. You are just looking to distribute it throughout. (You could pour the sauce into a bowl and mix it in if you object to blending the cilantro.
Notes
  • Make this. Make it soon and start putting it on everything. Put it on sandwiches, put it on crackers, mix it with rice, put it on potatoes, stir it into soups. If the dish you are eating is too spicy for you, a bit of this mixed in will take away some of the heat.
  • Really, make this, and go buy Daisy's book.

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