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Granny's Zesty Lemon Sauce

1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup butter
1 lemon
3-4 cloves garlic, peeled
1/4 teaspoon each basil and oregano
2 tablespoons fresh Italian parsley
cracked black pepper, to taste
pinch of paprika
dash of Tabasco Hot Sauce (optional)

Microwave olive oil for 30 seconds, or just until hot. Add butter, paprika and herbs.
Into a blender bowl, scrape the zest of the lemon using a zester, vegetable peeler, or grater. The zest is the yellow skin on the lemon - avoid getting any of the white portion because it's bitter. The lemon flavor and oil is all contained in the yellow portion.

Squeeze the lemon juice into the blender container, removing any seeds. Add garlic and process. Allow garlic to sit in lemon juice for 2-3 minutes; this takes the "raw" edge off the garlic.

Add hot oil and butter mixture, process another 10 seconds.

For a variation, stir in a dash of F green or red Tabasco sauce just before serving.