Mayonnaise By June Food

HOMEMADE MAYONNAISE RECIPE

Steps:

• Add the egg yolk and mustard to a large mixing bowl. Season with a little pepper and salt.
• The yolk should be at room temperature. If the ingredients are too cold, the mayo will split easily. Beat the yolk quickly for a minute using a large balloon whisk.
• Now comes the tricky part where most people make a crucial mistake. Add the groundnut oil: drop by drop. I always add at least 10 single drops of oil in the beginning. Whisk the yolk mixture for 20 seconds after every time you add a drop. If you add too much oil in the beginning, the mayo will split.
• The yolk mixture will be runny for a while but after those 10 separate drops, the mixture will thicken a little.
• Keep on whisking the yolk and oil mixture firmly until it becomes creamier and thicker.
• From now on you can add more drops of the groundnut oil at once. The mayo should gradually come together and start to look glossy. Take your time. Once you've added the oil, then add the lemon juice or vinegar. This will make the mayo paler.
• Check the seasoning of the mayo and add extra pepper, salt, mustard, garlic paste, lemon juice or vinegar to taste. Forget the soar arm: you just made homemade mayonnaise from scratch... Then pour the mayo in a clean jar or container and store it in the fridge for up to one week.

FAIL-PROOF HOMEMADE MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• If you have a large food processor, use the smaller bowl attachment that came with your processor so that the bowl is not too large for the amount of mayonnaise this recipe makes. Not using the smaller bowl can prevent the mayonnaise from emulsifying since the mixture will not have enough contact with the blade.
• If you do not the smaller bowl attachment, making the mayonnaise with an immersion blender or by hand are alternatives. Or simply make a larger batch and double the recipe and use the standard bowl attachment. You might find success with a high-speed blender, but based on reviews and comments from readers, using a blender seems to be less fail-proof.
• Add egg to the small bowl of a food processor and process for 20 seconds. Add the mustard, vinegar, and salt. Process for another 20 seconds.
• Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl, turn the food processor on then begin to slowly add the oil in tiny drops until about a quarter of the oil has been added (this is critical for proper emulsification).
• When you notice that the mixture is beginning to thicken and emulsify, you can be a little less strict. With the processor on, continue to add it slowly, but increase to a very thin stream instead of drops of oil.
• When all of the oil has been added, scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl and process for an extra 10 seconds. Taste mayonnaise for seasoning then add salt, lemon juice or extra vinegar to taste.
• Note, if the mayo seems too thin, slowly stream in more oil with the processor running until thick.

PERFECT HOMEMADE MAYONNAISE (JULIA CHILD)

Steps:

• NOTE: The following directions are for a hand-beaten sauce. Exactly the same system is followed for an electric beater. Use the large bowl, and the moderately fast speed for whipping cream. Continually push the sauce into the beater blades with a rubber scraper.
• Warm a round-bottomed, 2 1/2-to 3-quart glazed pottery, glass, or stainless steel mixing bowl in hot water. Dry it and set it in a heavy casserole or saucepan to keep it from slipping. Add the egg yolks and beat for 1 to 2 minutes until they are thick and sticky.
• Add 1 tablespoon wine vinegar or lemon juice, plus the salt and mustard. Beat for 30 seconds more.
• The egg yolks are now ready to receive the oil. If it is cold, heat it to tepid; and if you are a novice, use the minimum amount. While it goes in, drop by drop, you must not stop beating until the sauce has thickened. A speed of 2 strokes per second is fast enough. You can switch hands or switch directions, it makes no difference as long as you beat constantly. Add the drops of oil with a teaspoon, or rest the lip of the bottle on the edge of the bowl. Keep your eye on the oil rather than on the sauce. Stop pouring and continue beating every 10 seconds or so, to be sure the egg yolks are absorbing the oil. After 1/3 to 1/2 cup of oil has been incorporated, the sauce will thicken into a very heavy cream and the crisis is over. The beating arm may rest a moment. Then beat in the remaining oil by 1 to 2 tablespoon dollops, blending it thoroughly after each addition.
• When the sauce becomes too thick and stiff, beat in drops of wine vinegar or lemon juice to thin it out. Then continue with the oil.
• Beat 2 tablespoons boiling water into the sauce. This is an anti-curdling insurance. Season to taste with wine vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and mustard.
• If the sauce is not used immediately, scrape it into a small bowl and cover it closely so a skin will not form on its surface.

MAYONNAISE BY JUNE

Steps:

• Beat all ingredients together with a whisk.
• Place into saucepan and heat, stirring at all times, until boils.