Roasted Garlic Mayonnaise
- 5 garlic cloves
- 3 large egg yolks
- 2 cups light-flavored olive oil
- 1 to 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- Kosher salt to taste
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- To roast the garlic, preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- Remove the skin from the garlic, place the cloves in a baking dish and cover with foil.
- Bake the garlic for about 20 minutes, until the cloves are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.
- Mash the cloves and set aside.
- Make a mayonnaise by whisking the egg yolks well in a mixing bowl.
- Add half the olive oil, drop by drop, whisking constantly.
- Add the remaining olive oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking constantly.
- Add one teaspoon of the lemon juice and the mashed garlic cloves to the mayonnaise and whisk to combine.
- Add kosher salt and cayenne pepper to taste.
- Add remaining lemon juice according to taste.
garlic, egg yolks, lightflavored olive oil, lemon juice, kosher salt, cayenne pepper
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3865 (may not work)