Easy Home-made Mayonnaise

[slinkymalinky]

Had some of this with extra lemon last night on some Yellowfin and it was delicious as usual. Just reminded me to post the recipe. You'll never use bottled mayo again.

Ingredients:

1 egg

1/2 tsp dry mustard powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

2 Tbsp lemon juice (or vinegar)

1 cup oil (50/50 blend of extra virgin olive and vegetable; or extra light olive oil)

place 1/4C of the oil and the remaining ingredients into a blender and mix (on low speed)

then, with the blender still running continuously at low speed add the remaining oil in a slow, steady stream. When it thickens, stop blending.

The purpose of the oil blend is to give it a hint of olive flavour but 100% extra virgin olive oil is a bit overpowering. The critical bit is the blending in of the oil and if it's going to go wrong this will be the time. We've found that if the blender is running too fast, the mayonnaise won't thicken. When it does thicken it happens quickly. If you have trouble with a blender use a whisk and do it by hand. Just make sure that the oil is poured in slowly, particularly in the beginning.

This is a basic recipe and it's really worth playing with to adjust the flavour to suit your tastes. We play with the amount of lemon juice, pepper, mustard and we also regularly add other ingredients like wasabe, extra Dijon mustard, herbs and things for interest and variety.

Cheers, Slinky

[Devil Ray]

Sounds fantastic