Making Mayo

After I got home from the grocery yesterday, I realized that I forgot to buy mayonnaise. Normally not a big deal but I was planning to make potato salad. 

Easy solution. Make mayo. It's so simple and so much better than store bought. I love the beautiful yellow from using organic cage free eggs. 

This recipe is basically a recipe from Julia Child. It works great for salads or you can add herbs to it for a great sauce for Chicken.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

3 Egg Yolks 

1 1/2 to 2 Cups Canola or Olive Oil

1/2 tsp.Vinegar or Lemon Juice

1/2 tsp. Salt 

White Pepper

1/4 tsp. Dry or Prepared Mustard 

Equipment Needed

Mixing Bowl

Whisk or Electric Mixer

Beat the egg yolks for about a minute on a fairly high setting on your mixer. If mixing by hand, you are going to get a good workout. The yolks should get sticky and a bit heavy. Make sure your bowl is not cold.

Then add the vinegar or lemon juice, dry mustard and salt. Beat for another minute. 

Slowly begin adding drops of oil to the mixture while beating. The mixture should start to thicken and become creamy. Keep beating so the sauce doesn't curdle or separate. 

Continue adding the oil one Tablespoon at a time with a maximum amount of 2 - 2 1/4 cups of oil. 

Once the sauce has the texture and taste that you want, you are done.

You can adjust the amounts of lemon juice or vinegar and spices to your taste. 

Hints

I used canola oil mainly because it is less expensive than using my high quality Olive Oils. 

You do want to use high quality eggs. I use organic/cage free brown eggs.

I used my Kitchenaid stand mixer to do all of the hard work.