Skordalia
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 thick slice day-old bread
- 1 1⁄2 1 1/2 cups milk or 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin oil, plus more if needed
- 1 1 cup pine nuts or 1 cup blanched almond
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled (or to taste)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne (or too taste. Chile, if using, should not be too hot) or 1 teaspoon ground dried chile (or too taste. Chile, if using, should not be too hot)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed (or to taste)
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
- Put bread in a bowl and saturate it with some of the liquid.
- Squeeze bread to drain off excess, then put in food processor with oil, nuts, garlic and cayenne.
- Process mixture until nuts are ground, then, with machine running, pour in enough of remaining liquid and more olive oil to form a creamy sauce.
- Add lemon juice and some salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
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