Greek Garlic Sauce Skorthalia

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Great on hot or cold seafoods and fried or boiled vegetables.

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Steps

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Pound garlic with 1 / 2 teaspoon salt in a mortar until smooth.

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Add mashed potatoes and continue to pound and stir with pestle.

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Soak bread in cold water and squeeze dry.

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Add to potatoes and garlic , pounding and stirring until smooth.

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Gradually add olive oil , lemon juice and vinegar , stirring vigorously.

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When smooth and light , add salt and pepper to taste.

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Chill in a covered bowl before using.

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Variation: replace bread with 1 / 2 cup ground almonds or walnuts , or use 1 1 / 2 cups of ground almonds or walnuts instead of the potatoes and bread.

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Blender method: put all ingredients in a blender and blend at moderate speed until ingredients are pulverised.

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Sure beats all that pounding !.

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Increase speed for a few seconds until light and smooth.

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Do not blend for too long for the mixture heats and the oil separates.

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Ingredients

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garlic cloves, salt, mashed potatoes, day-old white bread, olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, pepper