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Rouille - red pepper mayonnaise

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Ingredients:
Stephen Ceideburg
1/2 Red bell pepper
1 smallSlice white bread, crust
-removed
2 tbspClam juice
5 To 10 Saffron threads
1 Cayenne pepper to taste
2 Garlic cloves, mashed finely
2 tspDijon mustard
2 Egg yolks
3/4 cupOlive oil
3/4 cupPeanut oil
1/2 Lemon, juice only
1 Salt and freshly ground
-pepper
2 tbspChopped parsley
2 tspTomato paste
Procedures:
1This fiery red sauce, the name of which means "rust," is almost always served with bouillabaisse.
2roast the bell pepper under the broiler (grill) until the skin turns black.
3When it is cool, peel it and discard the skin and seeds.
4Mash to a fine paste.
5soak the bread in the clam juice with the saffron and cayenne until it is saturated.
6Add the mashed garlic to the bread.
7Combine the mustard with the egg yolks and mix well, add the yolks to the bread with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
8Mix until an emulsion is formed.
9Combine the olive oil and peanut oil.
10Drop by drop, add ail the oil to the emulsion, whisking constantly.
11Do not add the oil too quickly and be sure that the emulsion is homogeneous before adding more oil.
12Season with lemon juice, ground pepper, parsley, and tomato paste.
13Then add the mashed pepper.
14season with cayenne, lemon juice, salt and pepper as needed.
15makes about 2 ?cups (2 fl oz/625 ml)
16michael roberts writing in the oregonian foodday, 1/12/93.