Recipe For Rouille

FRENCH ROUILLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Heat the water, vinegar, and saffron in the microwave for 30 seconds. Mix well until you have a very yellow liquid.
• Cut the white bread into chunks, place in a large bowl, and pour the saffron mixture over. Mix well.
• Put the bread mixture in a food processor and add the garlic, egg yolks, and chili powder. Blend for about 30 seconds; scrape down the sides.
• While slowly drizzling in the olive oil, blend on low power just until mixed. Season with salt.
• Spoon the sauce, which should be like thick mayonnaise, into a bowl and serve immediately. You can also refrigerate until chilled if you prefer it cold.
• Serve alongside fish and enjoy.

ROUILLE

Steps:

• Pour water over bread crumbs in a bowl. Mash garlic to a paste with sea salt and cayenne using a mortar and pestle. Add moistened bread crumbs and mash into garlic paste.
• Add oil in a slow stream, mashing and stirring vigorously with pestle until combined well.

ROUILLE

Steps:

• Place the garlic and salt on a cutting board and mince together. Transfer the mixture to a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Add the egg yolk, lemon juice, saffron, and red pepper flakes. Process until smooth.
• With the machine running, pour the olive oil in a thin, steady stream through the feed tube to make a thick mayonnaise emulsion. Transfer the rouille to a serving bowl and store it in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

ROUILLE

Steps:

• Add the stock to the bread crumbs. Let stand for a couple of minutes, then press out the bread. In a large mortar, press the peppers and garlic. When well pounded add the pressed bread crumbs. Slowly stir in the oil, a couple of drops at a time. Season with salt.

ROUILLE WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine garlic and 1/2 cup oil in a small pot. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat; cook until very tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour oil through a fine sieve into a bowl. Set aside garlic. Place potatoes in a pot; cover with 1 inch water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer potatoes until tender, about 12 minutes. Pass garlic and potatoes through a food mill into a bowl.
• Stir in saffron, pepper flakes, and paprika. Stir in egg yolks. Beat in garlic oil and remaining 1 1/2 cups olive oil with a mixer until emulsified. Season with about 1 teaspoon salt. Rouille can be refrigerated up to 2 days. (Note: The egg yolks in this recipe are not cooked.)

ROUILLE

Steps:

• Crush saffron, and place in a medium bowl. Pour 1/4 cup boiling water over; steep 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop garlic, and add a pinch of salt. Mash into a paste with a knife's flat side or a mortar and pestle.
• Add bread to saffron water; press to absorb.
• Add egg yolk; stir to combine. Gradually add 1/4 cup oil, drop by drop, stirring constantly, until smooth. Stir in remaining oil in a steady trickle.
• Stir in garlic, cayenne or chiles, and paprika, and season with salt.

ROUILLE - FRENCH MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Infuse by combining saffron, lemon peel and shallots into a pot.
• Boil the ingredients with white wine, and heat until the mixture is almost dry.
• Let the mixture come all the way down to room temperature.
• Then place the mixture in the food processor As you are blending, add six whole cloves of garlic and six egg yolks.
• Make sure everything is completely pureed before drizzling in about two cups of olive oil.
• By the time your mixture is nice and thick, you're done.
• (If the processor binds up, splash in a little water!).

ROUILLE

Steps:

• Peel potato and place with the cooking liquid in the container of a blender. Add the garlic, paprika and cayenne. Blend until very smooth.
• Add the egg yolk and pulse to combine. With the motor running, very slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Season to taste with salt.

ROUILLE

Steps:

• Place the red pepper under a hot grill and cook for 5 minutes on both sides, so that it softens and the skin is slightly charred.
• Remove the pepper from the grill and peel the skin with a small knife. Halve the pepper remove the seeds and roughly chop the flesh.
• Place the garlic, chilli, pepper and smoked paprika in a food processor or blender and puree to a smooth paste.
• With the motor running gradually pour in the olive oil until well combined, finally blend in the breadcrumbs.
• Season the rouille to taste. Serve

ROUILLE

Steps:

• Place vinegar in a very small pan over medium-low heat. When vinegar is hot, remove pan from heat and add saffron. Steep 20 minutes. Add lemon juice; mix well.
• Place egg yolk in a deep, medium mixing bowl. With a large whisk, beat about 15 seconds. Add the saffron mixture, salt and garlic, and whisk 30 seconds. Then, whisking vigorously, slowly add the oil in a thin stream. Whisk until the sauce is very thick. Adjust seasonings. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

ROUILLE - FRENCH CAYENNE PEPPER, SAFFRON AND GARLIC MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Put the egg yolks, mustard, and garlic in a food processor (or blender) and purée 30 seconds.
• With the machine still running, start to add the olive oil, drop by drop until it is thick and smooth. When it reaches this consistency, start to add the oil in a slow steady stream until gone.
• Dissolve the saffron threads in the warm white wine and add to the blender.
• Transfer to a bowl and taste. Stir in salt and lemon juice to season.
• Serve as an accompaniment to bouillabaisse or other fish soup. It may also be used as a dip.