How to recover failed mayonaise

[Carolyn]

I know there is a mayo thread on here and I actually posted this on it; however it is multiple pages long so I thought I'd make it easy to find.

On rare occasions when making homemade mayo it will fail and separate into an unusable mess. Rather than throw it out and start over and waste everything, fix it.

Add an egg yolk, start beating it and slowly drizzle in some more oil. Mine fixed like magic.

Also if you've ever wondered about doubling the recipe, I tripled it yesterday and it did great.

 

[BettyR]

Yeah, I made the mistake of picking up a jar of mayo at the grocery store the other day because I was feeling especially lazy and didn't feel like making some. We choked down about half the jar before I tossed it in the trash. It tasted like stale oil...gross!! I always triple my recipe to get a quart jar full. I've never had it not work... but then I use 6 egg yolks for 3 cups of oil. LOL it makes a very rich...totally yummy mayo.

 

[curvy karmii]

Would you mind sharing your recipe please Betty?

 

[BettyR]

Sure...here it is...I triple this recipe to get a quart of mayo.

MAYONNAISE

2 egg yolks
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
1 cup oil
Salt to taste

Put the egg yolks, vinegar, lemon juice and dry mustard in the food processor and whip it for a second or two to mix it up good. With the processor running drizzle the oil into the eggs in a very thin stream until all the oil is in. Add a pinch of salt and taste it to see if it needs more. Some people like to spice their Mayo up a bit with cayenne.

Tip: They say that homemade mayo keeps 4 weeks in the refrigerator as long as only CLEAN utensils are dipped in it. I put a "due" date on my jar by marking a piece of masking tape, just in case but I’ve never had it last that long.

 

[ozark hen]

I do like Betty does...fill up an entire jar when making mayo. I also like playing with different spices to change it up a bit.

Good to know you can recover a "flopped" go at it, thanks for the info

 

[curvy karmii]

Quote:
Thank you!

 

[BettyR]

Your very welcome!!!