Shared by DeniseM
I have always wanted to make my own mayonnaise, and I’m glad I did. What a quick and easy way to have fresh mayo with clean ingredients! It would be really fun to experiment with adding different spices and herbs. Try using pasteurized eggs. This was extremely good!
Homemade Mayo
You can use a food processor or immersion blender. I used an immersion blender. The method is a little different if you use a food processor. You need to pour your oil of choice very slowly into the egg and mustard while the food processor is going.
Using an immersion blender, put one whole egg, preferably at room temperature, in a tall cup. Try not to break the yolk
Add one cup of oil, and you can use light olive oil (not extra virgin), avocado oil, or even MCT oil.
Add one teaspoon of Dijon mustard
Insert the immersion blender into the mix, turn it on, and slowly pull it up to the top of the cup. This will emulsify the mixture, and it becomes mayonnaise
Gordon Ramsey says to season the mayo at the end. He also uses 3 egg yolks instead of one whole egg, but I just used one. It would be interesting to see if there is a difference
Then add the juice of one whole lemon, or you could use Apple cider vinegar or another vinegar
Finally, add some salt and pepper to taste and blend again until everything is incorporated.