Basic Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise is notoriously difficult for the beginner, as it often curdles, but easy once you have the knack.
Ingredients
- 2 egg yolks
- 2½ teaspoons (12.5 mL) lemon juice and/or vinegar
- ½ teaspoons (2.5 mL) Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoons (1 mL) salt
- ¾ cup (180 mL) oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat the egg yolk with a wire whisk for about a minute.
- Then add the mustard, salt, and half the lemon juice. Whisk for another minute - the mixture should thicken very slightly.
- Then, very slowly, add half the oil with one hand whilst whisking with the other.
- Start drop by drop, incorporating each drop before adding the next, and build up to a trickle.
- Keep going until the oil is whisked in.
- Add the rest of the lemon juice, whisk to combine.
- Add the rest of the oil in the same manner as before.
- Keep going until all the oil is whisked in.
- If desired, stir in flavourings such as crushed garlic, or use the mayonnaise as a base for other sauces.