Best Middle Eastern Garlic Sauce Recipes

MIDDLE EASTERN GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl; mash until smooth. Set aside to cool.
• Put garlic, salt, and lemon juice in a blender or food processor; pour in enough oil to lightly coat garlic cloves. Blend mixture on high; slowly stream remaining oil through the top opening of the blender or food processor until mixture is smooth. Add mashed potatoes, about 2 to 3 tablespoons at a time, to the garlic mixture while blender is still running. Continue adding potatoes until all are incorporated. Transfer sauce to a bowl and refrigerate until chilled, 1 hour to overnight.

MIDDLE EASTERN GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Separate garlic into cloves and peel. I simmered the cloves in milk in a small saucepan for 5 minutes to take a little of the bitterness out. Feel free to skip this step if you like.
• Add garlic and remaining ingredients in food processor and blend until smooth. Keeps quite a few days refridgerated in a sealed container. Great with any kind of grilled meat, on sandwiches, with veggies, pizza -- pretty much anything!
• NOTE: I happened to have some cream so I added it, just to give it a bit of extra creaminess. I'm sure it would be just fine without it, as none of the recipes I referred to called for it.

MIDDLE EASTERN EGGPLANT WITH GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle some salt over the brinjal slices and keep aside.
• Cut each garlic clove into two pieces and soak in vinegar for 8-10 minutes.
• Soak the bread in water then squeeze out the water completely. Crumble with hands and set aside.
• Next, remove the garlic from vinegar and pound the garlic pieces with a little salt to form a paste.
• Gradually add the crumbled bread alternating with a little vinegar.
• When it is well ground into a smooth paste, mix in the ground almonds, olive oil, remaining vinegar, lemon juice and salt to taste.
• Beat well to obtain a thick creamy consistency.
• This forms the garlic sauce.
• Then,towel dry the brinjal slices and shallow fry them.
• Arrange the fried brinjal slices on a flat serving dish, spoon a dollop of garlic sauce over each slice.
• Garnish with mint leaves.

MIDDLE EASTERN GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• In a food processor add garlic minced with salt, begin processor and slowly add oil and lemon juice alternating them until gone, scape down sides intermittently. Add one to two egg whites while the processor is blending until you reach mayonnaise consistency.