Roasted Red Pepper Aioli
"I seem to open a jar of roasted red peppers and only use a small amount. So this is a recipe I adapted to use up my left over jarred peppers! It makes a great topping for hamburgers, turkey panini, etc. (You can roast your own red peppers, of course!)"
Original is 20 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (32.8 g)
- Calories 52.6
- Total Fat - 3.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.5 g
- Cholesterol - 4.5 mg
- Sodium - 262.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 5.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 1.7 g
- Protein - 0.4 g
- Calcium - 7.1 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 16.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Drain jarred roasted red peppers. If they're too wet, your aioli will be quite thin.
Step 2
Place peppers and basil in a food processor; pulse until coarsely chopped and combined.
Step 3
Add lemon juice; pulse 3 times.
Step 4
Scatter garlic halves over mixture; pulse to chop, 4 to 5 times.
Step 5
Add mayonnaise and sugar; pulse until smooth, 5 to 7 times.
Step 6
Season with salt and pepper.
Step 7
Taste - add extra lemon juice if desired.
Tips
No special items needed.