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Aioli

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, aioli means: A garlic-rich emulsion sauce traditionally made with garlic and oil, with egg in many versions.

In Turkish: sarımsaklı emülsiyon sosu, aioli

How it is used

Menus may use aioli for garlic mayonnaise; ingredients vary between preparations.

Example sentences

  1. The grilled vegetables came with a bowl of aioli.

    The garlic emulsion serves as a dipping accompaniment.

  2. This aioli recipe combines garlic, oil and egg yolk.

    The recipe identifies one version rather than a universal formula.

Common collocations

  • garlic aioli
  • serve with aioli
  • emulsionA smooth mixture of two liquids that do not normally mix, such as oil and water or vinegar, held together by whisking and often by egg yolk or mustard.
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.

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