Dennis Farina: The Man, the Myth, the Person I Used to Rate Giardiniera-adjacent Recipes
Around the Carruthers household, we end up with a goodly amount of giardiniera oil. You can probably guess why. It all ends up getting used for one thing or another, and idle Twitter musing led to this article for The Takeout. Never forget that our man Dennis Farina was done incredibly dirty by the crooked-ass In Memoriam Oscars segment — probably by an LA person seeking the smooth double-brewed taste of Old Style.
I kind of ruined non-giardiniera mayo for myself as a result of this piece. It’s not the worst problem to have. Here’s the recipe:
4 ounces hot giardiniera oil
2 ounces grapeseed oil
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar
2 teaspoons of real lemon juice (like, squeeze the lemon. No bottled stuff.)
Do the mayo things. Put the oil in sloOooOOOooOoOooow. You’ll get there.