Garlic and chilli sauce (rouille)

Step 1 of 4

Remove the stalks from the chillies, and the seeds too if you want a milder sauce; chop them. Soak the soft inside of white bread in water or broth and squeeze it out.

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5 min

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Ingredients

  • 8 gGarlic, raw
  • 10 gPeppers, hot chili, red, raw
  • 20 gBread, French or Vienna
  • 2 15 ml tablespoonOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 100 mlSoup, stock, fish, home-prepared

Method

  1. Remove the stalks from the chillies, and the seeds too if you want a milder sauce; chop them. Soak the soft inside of white bread in water or broth and squeeze it out.
  2. Pound the garlic with the chillies in a mortar to a smooth paste. Add the squeezed bread and keep pounding until it is combined.
  3. Keep pounding while adding 2 tbsp of olive oil, first drop by drop and then in a thin stream, until the paste thickens and turns glossy.
  4. Just before serving, thin the sauce spoon by spoon with about 100 ml of hot bouillabaisse broth to a pourable consistency. Serve in a bowl alongside the bouillabaisse.