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Serbian Garlic Sauce

A sauce made with sautéed garlic, mayonnaise, white pepper, and lemon juice.

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Why it works: Garlic and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Serbian Garlic Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sauté the garlic in the olive oil until golden brown; remove and cool.

  2. Add garlic to mayonnaise and purée in a blender.

  3. Season with pepper and lemon juice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

226Calories
7 gProtein
19 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Garlic + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,893 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Clove + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Garlic
Provides the main pungent flavour, and browning in the oil mellows its bite and adds sweetness.
Mayonnaise with starch
Forms the creamy base of the sauce and carries the garlic flavour through it.
Olive oil
Carries the garlic while it sautés and adds a fruity fat flavour.

The step that matters

Browning the garlic. Garlic turns bitter if it burns, so cook it only until golden brown and remove it promptly. Cooling it before blending keeps the mayonnaise from thinning or separating.

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, garlic, olive, lemon):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, garlic, olive, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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