Recipe courtesy of Laura Calder
Mayonnaise
- Level: Easy
- Yield: About 1 cup/250 ml
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 8 servings
- Calories
- 260
- Total Fat
- 29
- Saturated Fat
- 3
- Carbohydrates
- 0
- Dietary Fiber
- 0
- Sugar
- 0
- Protein
- 0
- Cholesterol
- 18
- Sodium
- 23
- Total: 25 min
- Prep: 25 min
Ingredients
1 egg yolk, at room temperature
Pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon white wine tarragon vinegar
About 1 cup/250 ml grape-seed oil (or vegetable, canola, or peanut)
Lemon juice, to taste
Pinch white pepper
Directions
- Whisk together the egg yolk, salt, mustard, and vinegar in a roomy bowl.
- To add the oil, start whisking the yolk mixture and let the oil fall from the spout, drop by drop, until you have achieved a thick, velvety mayonnaise.
- Taste it.
- Add lemon juice, salt, and pepper, to taste.