Ingredients
for one (1) pint.
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar (chilled)
- 1 3/4 cups olive or corn oil (chilled)
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- pinch of ground cayenne pepper
Measure dry ingredients into mixing bowl. Add unbeaten
egg yolks and beat until yolks become creamy: then add ½ teaspoon
vinegar. Add a few drops of oil, beating in with a rotary egg beater
or electric mixer. Continue adding oil by drops, beating thoroughly
after each addition until about 6 teaspoons oil have been added
and the mixture has thickened.
Beat in a little vinegar, then continue adding
oil by teaspoons (beating after each addition) until 6 more teaspoons
oil have been added and beaten in. As mixture thickens into a mayonnaise
like substance, oil may be added in larger quantities, beating well
after each addition.
When mixture becomes stiff, add a little vinegar
to thin. Continue adding oil and vinegar, beating well until all
has been used.
Hint: adding more than a few drops of oil at first
causes mayonnaise NOT to thicken, but this thin mixture may be beaten
into another egg yolk or two, a small amount at a time, and the
rest of the oil and vinegar added in small amounts, beating after
each when the new mixture has thickened up.
I have the best success using olive oil for the
entire process, but have done will with corn oil if I use about
one tablespoon of olive oil for the first few drops. Olive oil seems
to congeal and "catch" the egg yolks better.
I have successfully made mayonnaise using this
recipe through good times and poor times. Virtually all "store
bought" mayonnaise contains soy oil (check the label for ingredients),
causing abdominal upsets and often severe diarrhea in persons allergic
to legumes (soy products)
I hope this easy recipe will help those of use
who cannot tolerate soy products.
Try this "mayo making" now, as experience
is the best teacher. Be ready for the day when you will hear that
inevitable cry, "Mom, we're out of mayonnaise!" Your children
will think that Mom is a wizard!
