Simple Seafood Aioli Sauce

Ingredients:

• 2-3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped (do not use sprouted cloves)
• A large pinch of coarse salt
• 1 egg yolk, room temperature
• Juice of half a lemon
• 2/3 cup olive oil (refined)
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Preparation:

1. Place the garlic and salt in a food processor fitted with a metal blade or in a blender. Blend for 2 seconds. Add the egg yolk and lemon juice and blend again to combine. Turn the processor on and gradually add the olive oil in a thin stream (first refined, then extra virgin).
   Exit: 1 tbsp.
   
   If the sauce becomes too thick, thin it with room temperature water and continue adding oil until it's completely done. Season with pepper and salt to taste, if needed..
2. Use 2/3 of the refined olive oil so that its aroma and flavor don't overpower the sauce. This will give you a balanced flavor and save on extra virgin oil. Serve with cold-smoked fish, lobster, crab sticks made from minced yellow-stripe sardinella, or sea snails.