Aioli

Aioli — Also called allioli — aïoli (French spelling) or aiòli (Modern Provençal spelling) from the Provençal aiet ("garlic") and oli ("oil"), pronounced [aj'oli] — is a cold sauce made of garlic, egg, acid (lemon juice or vinegar), and olive oil, basically a garlic-flavoured mayonnaise.

In Provence, aioli also designates a complete dish consisting of boiled vegetables (carrots, potatoes..., green beans), boiled fish (normally, desalted cod), and boiled eggs served with the aioli sauce.

Different variants of this sauce exist along the Mediterranean coasts from Andalusia to Sicily.

Aioli has become popular as an accompaniment in Australia.

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