Mayonnaise

servings
Makes 1 cup
prep time
15 minutes
cook time
30 minutes
Ingredients for making mayonnaise including egg, lemon, and oil

A set of ingredients essential for making mayonnaise, featuring eggs, lemon, oil, mustard seed, and a wooden spoon, arranged aesthetically on a wooden surface.

This recipe is from The Fresh Egg Cookbook by Jennifer Trainer Thompson, published by Storey Publishing, LLC.

Ingredients

  • •½ cup canola oil
  • •½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • •1 egg
  • •¼ teaspoon dry mustard
  • •¼ teaspoon salt
  • •1 tablespoon lemon juice, plus more if needed

Preparation

  1. Combine the canola oil and olive oil in a measuring cup.

    Break the egg into a blender, add the mustard and salt, cover, and blend at top speed until the mixture is thick and foamy, about 3 seconds. Add the lemon juice and blend for 10 seconds. With the blender on high speed, slowly add the combined oils, a drop at a time. If you find the mayonnaise gets too thick, add a few more drops of lemon juice.

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About the author

Jennifer Trainer Thompson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended Earlham College and graduated with a B.A. in English literature from Tufts University. She landed her first book contract at age 23. She writes about what interests her, which has led her down the path of the unified field theory, beer, hot sauces, travel, traditions, contemporary art, and chickens. She lives in the Berkshires. Find her at http://jumpupandkissme.wordpress.com.
Jennifer Trainer Thompson

Jennifer Trainer Thompson

Jennifer Trainer Thompson is the author of "The Fresh Egg Cookbook" from Storey Publishing, 2012.

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