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Aioli with lemon, caper, chives and pickled fennel

Ingredients

Pickled Fennel

  • 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
  • 1/4 sugar
  • 1/8 cup kosher salt
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 10 black peppercorns
  • 1/2 cup thinly shaved fennel

Aioli

  • 1 whole egg
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1.5 cups canola oil
  • 2 tablespoons whole grain mustard
  • 3 tablespoons chopped capers
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped chives
  • 3 tablespoons chopped pickled fennel
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1 tablespoon horseradish

Directions

Pickled Fennel 

  1. Bring the wine vinegar, sugar, kosher salt, bay leaf, and peppercorns to a boil, and let cool.
  2. Add fennel to chilled pickling liquid, and let sit in the fridge overnight until fennel is marinated, sweet, and sour. 

Aioli 

  1. Whisk the eggs and the yolks together, add the whole-grain mustard, and slowly whisk in the canola oil until thicker and emulsified 
  2. Add the capers, chives, chopped pickled fennel, horseradish, lemon zest, and juice 
  3. To serve the dish- place the potatoes in the middle of a platter, slice the beef, and place on top, and serve with a side salad and plenty of homemade aiolis, and some of your favourite bread. Enjoy! 

TIP: Will last in your fridge for two weeks and is great with seafood as a dipping sauce