Secret Sauce

Enhance your summer barbecue with this sublime green sauce. Packed with fresh herbs, this secret sauce is delicious on grilled meat, poultry, seafood or vegetables. 

                                                            Secret Sauce
                                                            adapted from
                                                    Martha Stewart Living
                                                               June 2013

Ingredients

1 clove garlic, peeled
1 cup fresh herbs (3/4 parsley and
   1/4 cup cilantro; 1 cup mint leaves;
   or 1/3 cup each lightly packed chervil,
   chopped tarragon, and chopped chives)
1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for storing 

Directions

1. Pulse garlic in a food processor until coarsely chopped. Add herbs, vinegar, and pepper flakes, and pulse until herbs are finely chopped.

2. With the motor running, slowly add oil via the feeding tube, stopping to scrap down the sides of the bowl if necessary. Once the oil is incorporated, pulse until sauce resembles a uniform thin paste.

3. Transfer to a small container with a tight-fitting lid. Before sealing,  drizzle a thin layer of oil over sauce to prevent discoloration. Sauce can be refrigerated up to 1 week. (The garlic flavor becomes more robust the longer it sits).

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