It is rare that a holiday dispenses with olivier, herring under a fur coat, Caesar salad, and they, in turn, cannot do without mayonnaise or sauces based on it. There are many recipes for mayonnaise. Finding "your" adherent to the recipe remain for many years. Only additives change. Depending on what dish you are going to season with, add garlic, tomato sauce, chopped herring - the scope for imagination is huge!
Pick your recipe
For mayonnaise you will need:
- 250 ml of vegetable oil;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 yolk;
- 10 g of mustard;
- 10 g of lemon juice;
- 5 g of sugar;
- 2 g ground pepper;
- 2 g of salt.
Making mayonnaise
Cool the eggs, add the yolk, process them in a blender until a uniform, fluffy mass is obtained. Continuing to beat, pour in a thin stream of vegetable oil. In seconds, the mass will turn white and change the consistency. As soon as this happens, add the rest of the prescription ingredients to the mayonnaise.
If, for reasons of hygiene safety, you do not eat raw chicken eggs, replace them with quail in a ratio of 1 to 5. Quails do not suffer from salmonellosis and a number of other specific bird diseases, and therefore their eggs, in the context of hygiene safety, are a good substitute for chicken.
Add a little ketchup or tomato paste to the mayonnaise prepared according to this recipe - you will get the Thousand Islands sauce. If, instead of tomato, put chopped herring or filet keel - Caesar sauce. A handful of finely chopped pickles will turn mayonnaise into Tartar mayonnaise. A few cloves of garlic added to the mayonnaise recipe - and the spicy garlic sauce "for all occasions" is ready!
Are you committed to healthy eating? Make mayonnaise using cold pressed extra virgin olive oil. You will find a delicious healthy sauce with an abundance of omega acids and trace elements. Characteristically, greenish olive oil gives this mayonnaise a spicy bitterness, while traditional yellow gives an even more silky texture.