Aioli

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Aioli — 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.

The Catalan variant allioli (from the Catalan garlic and oil, pronounced[aʎi'oli]) is a thick emulsion of garlic and olive oil only (no egg involved).

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