Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Homemade Mayonnaise - Cheaper and More Delicious!


The good thing about making your mayo is that you could use good high quality olive oil that is good for your health.

Ingredients (yield about 2 cups): 

  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil 
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice from half of a lemon
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon sugar
  • pinch of black pepper

Directions:
  1. Dump the egg yolks into a tall container, a mason jar, or the beaker that comes with the stick blender (immersion hand blender). Add lemon juice, white wine vinegar, salt, sugar, Dijon mustard into egg yolk. Top with a cup of olive oil and 1/2 cup vegetable oil. Let it settle for 10 second.
  2. Stick the hand blender to the very bottom of the container or beaker. Start very gentle and slow and just pulse 5 second to begin with. Pulse slowly at 5 second intervals until you see the white thick cloudy emulsion starts to form from the bottom after the first 10 to 20 seconds. Then move the blender around to whip the whole thing into thick mayo.
  3. Just a few second and voila! There you have your homemade mayonnaise.

Note:
  • This recipe is on the tangy side. If you like a sweeter mayo, reduce the wine vinegar to 2 teaspoons. 
  • You can also make it in the food processor following the same drill.

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