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Mayonnaise failure

7/1/2014

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So, I had homemade chicken sandwiches on the meal plan for lunch today. I made whole wheat bread earlier in the week. I roasted chickens last night. I had fresh lettuce and tomatoes. So I decide to make homemade mayonnaise. How hard can it be right? I watched videos on youtube and did a google search of best ways.
Well, it seems, it's harder then I thought. After all my research I decided the hand held immersion blender would be the best method. It was quick and seemed to work great. I followed this link:
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/10/two-minute-mayonnaise.html
Now I wanted a real food healthier alternative so I decided to use all extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). I even checked my new cookbook (The Homemade Pantry) and her recipe uses all EVOO (although with a whisk technique), so I figure I'm good to go. Well, first off, lets just say it looked great. I was so proud, especially after reading that's it's hard to get the hang of making mayo and it can often end up breaking and not mixing together. Mine looked the part.

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Then we tasted it. It was like eating creamy EVOO. It was an overpowering taste of olive oil. Now don't get me wrong, I love olive oil but this was just too much. I can't bring myself to throw it out because I used almost 1 full cup of good quality EVOO, so we are using it, just not a lot of it. Hubby added a little vinegar to his for more tang, now it tastes like EVOO and vinegar :)
It seems that using all EVOO and an immersion blender does not work, you either need to use the whisk method of other oils or a blend of oils. Anyone have any comments or advice on mayo with EVOO?
6 Comments
tammy
7/1/2014 06:53:43 am

pinch of salt, squeeze of lemon juice and a dash of cayenne and a bit of pepper may fix the taste!

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Michelle
7/1/2014 08:53:32 am

Thanks, have salt & lemon in it but may add more along with some pepper. Really don't want to throw it away

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Tammy
7/1/2014 11:57:11 pm

I have a recipe that the fat used is bacon fat. It is very easy and very tasty...if you are eating bacon on this journey I will send it and you can give that one a try.

Michelle
8/1/2014 03:22:56 pm

Thanks Tammy, bacon is allowed as long as it has no added sugar and has better quality ingredients, I can't seem to find none without added sugar, sigh, so no bacon for now :(

Shauna
7/1/2014 07:11:51 am

Olive oil has an over powering taste. i once made a cake with it. :) Needless to say it was awful.

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Michelle
7/1/2014 08:54:06 am

I can imagine. Coconut oil should work great in a cake though :)

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