Vegan Garlic and Black Truffle Aioli

This Vegan Garlic and Black Truffle Aioli will have you saying goodbye to store-bought aioli forever! It’s a breeze to make, loaded with flavor, and can be made at home with just a handful of simple ingredients. 

When it comes to vegan dips and spreads, it doesn’t get much more versatile than a 5-minute vegan aioli.

This luxurious Black Truffle Aioli is the perfect slather and dip for vegan burgers, crispy fries, roasted vegetables, and your favorite sandwiches. With its rich, creamy texture and unique umami flavor, this aioli instantly adds flavor to any dish! 

Best of all, it truly does come together in 5 minutes or less. 

What is truffle and what does it taste like?

Truffles are fancy, edible spores that grow on an underground fungus around tree roots in damp areas. They are often grouped with mushrooms, but they are technically not the same – mushrooms grow above ground and truffles grow under!

Although truffles vary in flavor, they have the same general nuances when eaten. They’re earthy, musky, umami, and subtly floral. 

Ingredients You’ll Need 

• Aquafaba: If you’re asking yourself what the heck is aquafaba, it’s the liquid from the can of chickpeas that can be used in place of egg in vegan cooking. Next time you use a can of chickpeas, save the liquid and use it for this aioli or even homemade aquafaba brownies. 
• Lemon juice: An acidic element is essential for emulsifying oil. You can use various kinds of acids to do this, like white vinegar or apple cider vinegar if you don’t have lemons on hand.
• Salt and pepper: Helps improve the flavor of the aioli. You can use regular table salt, or if you want to get a little fancier, opt for Himalayan pink salt or table salt.
• Dijon mustard: We prefer dijon mustard as it adds a smooth yet slightly more complex tang, but yellow mustard works too!
• Garlic: Fresh garlic will yield the best flavor in this garlic aioli, but if you’re in a pinch, ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder works well in its place.
• Oil: An essential ingredient in any aioli that’s key for that rich, creamy emulsified texture. 
• Black truffle oil: Also known as truffle-infused olive oil. We like to use this oil to incorporate truffle flavor into our dishes because it’s shelf stable and slightly less expensive than fresh truffles.

Equipment Needed

• Tall, narrow container
• Immersion blender
• Spatula
• Measuring cups and spoons

How to Make Vegan Truffle Aioli

Making aioli from scratch requires just 3 simple steps: 

1. Combine the aquafaba, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and mustard in a tall, narrow container. 
2. Place the immersion blender into the container and begin blending. While blending, slowly drizzle in the oil and truffle oil in a steady stream until the mixture thickens into a creamy, mayonnaise-like consistency. With our immersion blender, this typically takes 1-2 minutes.
3. Season with black pepper to taste. 
4. Enjoy! 

What do you use truffle aioli for?

You can truly spread, dip, and slather this truffle aioli on just about anything that needs a creamy, umami pop of flavor.

Here are a few of our favorite ways to use it:

• Spread on sandwiches and burgers.
• Drizzled on a grilled vegetable salad or kale salad.
• As a savory dip for roasted veggies, onion rings, vegan crab cakes, and fried mushrooms. 
• As an easy mayo swap in recipes like vegan tuna salad, coleslaw, macaroni salad, and more! 

Storage Instructions

Leftover aioli can be stored in an airtight glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. If you want it to last longer (up to 1 week), swap the fresh garlic for garlic powder. 

Freezing is not recommended.

Quick Tips

• Slowly drizzle in the oil! It can be tempting to just dump it all in and start blending, but adding the oil too quickly can prevent the aioli from thickening properly. 
• Use high-quality truffle oil. Truffle oil can be pretty expensive, but it tends to last and there is a big difference in flavor between cheap and quality brands. We love Truff Black Truffle Oil.

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