Today I am gonna share with you the simplest recipe ever….a precursor to my larger post tomorrow. I figured a good homemade mayonnaise is worthy of it’s own recipe page. This spread will be great for summer entertaining, egg salad, pasta salad, BLT’s, juicy burgers, sandwiches and anywhere else you might like a dab of creamy goodness. Mayonnaise is more of a method than actual recipe. You are simply emulsifying ingredients until a creamy spread is formed.
There is no need for me to go into too much more detail other than the fact that you can season you homemade mayonnaise with any spices you wish. We love to use smoked paprika. You can also sprinkle in other dried spices including curry powder, Chinese 5 spice blend, tumeric, garlic salt, black pepper, chipotle, etc. How about a clove of fresh garlic and some basil leaves? Anything goes. Really.
Do you ever make homemade mayo? If so do you have any special add-ins or techniques?
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Homemade Mayonnaise Recipe Links
- Allioli Kayotic Kitchen
- Fat is Flavor – Homemade Mayo Squeaky Gourmet
- Japanese Style Mayonnaise Sea Salt with Food
- Posh Pimento Grilled Cheese with Golden Mayo Tasty Kitchen Blog
- Vegan Mayonnaise Two Ways the Kitchn
I am in love with Vegenaise. Not just b/c it’s vegan, nice touch and all, but b/c I LOVE Mayo! I also really like Miracle Whip. Well wait, really, I love all condiments 🙂 Ketchup, relish, mustard, mayo, you name it, I am into them! The issue with most is that they are bathed in sodium which I loathe…so making my own, right up my alley! I make tons of condiments/dips using Vegenaise as the base…now I may need to make mayo from scratch.
Can’t wait to see what recipes you have in store w/ your yummy mayo!
Averie, we like Veganaise too. Just depends upon the mood were in. I am with you regarding the sodium, can’t stand too much either. What I dislike more is super sweet condiments.
But this is not vegan…
Hi Michelle, does it say vegan?? Should not…
So cool!! I had no idea it was so easy. Will have to try!
Amazing how something so simple can be so fabulous & addictive!
There’s nothing like homemade mayonnaise. You can taste every flavor, as for the the premade that is just bland and tasteless.
love the short post 🙂 and of course I love mayo. Good job, I’m excited to try out this recipe. I made hollandaise sauce this week, from leite’s culinaria http://leitesculinaria.com/74247/recipes-blender-hollandaise-sauce.html#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed it was so good.
I love the addition of smoked paprika!
What brand food processor do you have? I’m currently in the hunt!
Hi Shana, I actually used my Cuisinart mini prep for this mayo because I was making so little. For bigger batches of food I use my large Cuisinart “Pro Classic 10 series” & it always does the job well. Hope that helps 🙂
I Make home made mayo all the time……..it is especially good in potato salad or for making homemade thousand island dressing………..I use a Braun stick blender……….I use a whole egg instead of just the egg yolk……….just put the egg in the included blender cup and blend while drizzling in the oil of choice……..only takes about 20 seconds………
Thank you for visiting me the other day…and leaving such a sweet comment…your blog is lovely..and yummmmy. Love your recipes. Off to take a peek around. xoxo Happy new week to you.
I have always loved mayo – I actually used to eat sandwiches with just lettuce and mayo as a kid! I can only imagine how much fun it’d be to make it from scratch – the ability to really make it your own by controlling the ingredients, and adding unique spices and herbs… sounds so fun! Can’t wait to see what tomorrow has in store, with your homemade mayo ready to go…
Liz, my kids like lettuce & mayo too. Better than fries and mayo, right?! I am so excited for my post tomorrow, this one will tie it all together perfectly!
I don’t make mayo nearly as much as I should, but I do love it, especially with olive oil.
Angie, I am definitely gonna experiment with other oils too. Nut based oils would be yummy as well.
I am so happy you guest posted on OSG last week! Your blog is just so fantastic 🙂 I’ve made my own mayonnaise before because I hate how store bought mayo has sugar. But when I made mine, I used avocados instead of egg yolks. You make this version look SO simple. I could totally do this!
Leanne, I am so glad you found me via Angela 🙂 I must try swapping out the egg yolk with avocado. Sounds awesome & I love avocados!
Okay, now you have me curious to try making my own! I also desperately want to learn how to make a homemade ketchup that would make you fall in love.
Sunny, I have been seeing a lot of good homemade ketchup recipes lately. Here is one my good friend Gaby swears by from What’s Gaby Cooking.
Wow this looks awesome! I’ve been wanting to try a homemade mayonnaise, this looks like such a great simple recipe.
I must really adore you because the word “mayo” makes me gag. Although I am fully aware of what it is made of, it is much more about the consistency, the creaminess. With that said, yours looks more like a dip rather than a spread. I just might be able to handle this!
Hey Marla!
It was great seeing you at Camp – wish we had more time to catch up!
We always make our own mayonnaise, and if I had to confess…. I’d say I’ve never done it in a food processor. I learned by whisking it by hand, and I can’t bring myself to do it any other way.
If we’re making an aioli, instead of using olive oil, we use a “garlic oil,” which is a head of garlic boiled in oil for an hour. It helps gives the aioli an incredible, deep flavor. 🙂
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I had no idea that this was even do-able! Very cool recipe.
Nothing can beat homemade mayo! Yours looks delicious.
Cheers,
Rosa
Hi Marla, I am such a mayo lover. But definitely the homemade kind 🙂 I make a seriously simple mayo in 30 seconds flat using the whole egg and my stick blender. No slow drizzling of the oil. Literally everything in the blender jug in one go, pop in the stick blender, whizz on high while moving the blender slowly up and then down and voila! Thick fluffy white mayo! I love to use a clove of confit garlic in mine for when I need that yum garlicky mayo flavour, I add basil sometimes or parsley etc.to make a delicious herby green mayo. And like you I adore smoked paprika with it but I usually just sprinkle a dab onto my serving as some others around here (no names mentioned hehe) prefer it without 🙂 xx
wow awesome post. I’ve conquered homemade Caesar dressing (which is a similar process) but not mayo. So the question I have is how do you make low-fat mayo?? Simply decrease the amount of oil?
I like it with lots of garlic! Yum.
love this recipe, so simple. i tried the whisking method, failed everytime 🙁
i don’t love mayo but i think that’s because i’ve never made it myself! sounds delicious 🙂
Homemade mayo is wonderful!
You are so right, Marla, a good mayo definitely deserves it’s own recipe page! We like to add a small clove of fresh garlic to ours…gives it a little kick that we love! Oooh, or sometimes fresh minced herbs like chives, dill, parsley, or thyme. I love the idea of adding paprika, what a gorgeous color!
That does look easy! And I’m with previous commenter, the color’s great. I always see those chefs on the competition shows making their own mayo. I didn’t realize it was so easy. Do you know how long it’s ok to keep it?
wow, homemade mayonnaise seems so impressive! And yet it looks so easy! 🙂
Was just thinking about homemade mayo yesterday. Now I guess I’ll have to make some! It really does far surpass the jarred stuff.
Kathy, in all of your amazing sandwiches I can only imagine how great homemade mayo would be!! You MUST try and let me know 😉
Your mayo looks great! I made my own as well as while back and have no idea why I didn’t do it again…well partly because we use it so slowly. Now I wish I could make my own light version at home, but I don’t think it’d be easy without the emulsifiers in the store ones.
Xiaolu, I hope to keep the homemade stuff in the fridge at all times – but perhaps a bit unlikely. I am gonna play around with making some lighter/vegan versions too. I believe they might have some avocado…
Love that you made this with olive oil. That’s how I make mine 🙂
Winnie, I love the way the fruity flavor of a good olive oil presents itself in a homemade mayo. That would sooooo not happen in a store bought one.
great post Marla! Can’t wait to finally meet you this week
Alison, I am sooooo excited to meet you too. We have been great online/phone buddies for quite some time now!
It looks so pretty and fresh! And easy to make too. I’ve been wanting to make mayonnaise for a while, but when I see how much oil goes into it I get scared :-). It’s easier to eat the store bought mayo, when you don’t know how much fat it has – ignorance is a bliss 🙂
I’m in love with homemade mayonnaise. Sometimes I’m too lazy, but it’s so worth it when we make our own. Gorgeous, Marla!
Ya know I’ve always wanted to try and make my own mayo… such a simple recipe!
I love homemade mayo. I usually make just a garlic version with a little orange juice. Delish!
How long does this keep in the fridge?
Suzanne, I would say no longer than one week. I make small batches at a time because we use so little. Ours usually lasts abut 4-5 days in the fridge. People say that it lasts a lot longer if you use pasteurized eggs, but I have never tried those. Good luck! It is very tasty.
Marla- I tried to make it in my blender but it turned out very runny. I have been running the blender for about five minutes after I finished drizzling the olive oil in. Any thoughts?
I just got a food processor & was gonna try & make mayo etc. for kids & was wondering if anyone knew where i can get some small cheap jars online.
Thanks!
Hi Linda! I generally purchase all of my jars & containers at stores like Target.
Congrats on the food processor & enjoy the homemade mayo 🙂
It looked like this would be a good recipe until I seen it has egg yolk in it..I was really hoping for a nice vegan recipe…
Hey Marla! I made some kohlrabi & carrot slaw tonight and really wanted to make some homemade mayo to use instead of the Miracle Whip my mom has in the fridge, so I made this recipe and it didn’t thicken up. I followed the recipe, do you know of anything I could have done wrong?
As a cook in the Army National Guard, I do 99% of the cooking in my home, Going to try this with my smokehouse maple seasoning. Thanks for the basic recipe.
Scott, that sounds amazing! Maybe try a neutral oil like canola so it does not compete with he maple seasoning 🙂 The olive oil taste will take over and probably not pair well with the maple….
I tried your recipe and followed it exactly, however my mixture came out runny and with a terrible taste. Any suggestions as to what may have went wrong?
I was really excited about this recipe but mine came out very runny as well I keep trying to try blending it longer just to see if that would help but it’s not. I see two other posts with the same issue without responses.
Worked for me Kandice….many times.
I love this recipe. I’ve also tried it with Sunflower Oil instead of Olive Oil for a milder flavor and I’ve tried it using 1/2 sunflower and 1/2 olive oil. All 3 possibilities work beautifully. I make it in my Vitamix. Thank you for such a simple and reliable recipe. Now I have fresh, healthy mayo whenever I need it.
Great to hear about your mayo success! It is fun to be able to use different oils for more or less flavor 🙂
I did not find this edible. Perhaps my brand new jar of olive oil was bad. I couldnt stomach more than a lick off the spoon. Anything to change the taste of olive oil?
Try using a different oil Beth. One without much flavor like canola or sunflower oil.
Im going to try a mix of coconut oil and olive oil I think.
Beth….I don’t think that coconut oil will work in mayo….it will taste like coconut.
it will keep longer if you use white vinegar instead of lemon juice. i’ve tried it with both. lemon juice has a very limited life unlike vinegar. love making my own mayo, it’s so much cheaper.
Great tip!! Thank you I will try 🙂
Hey, great recipe. Would this work the same with an electric hand beater instead of the food processor?
I have never tried with that…
Well, I’m gonna try it tomorrow. I’ll let you know if it worked 🙂
trying to make this but it won’t thicken!!! why?? 🙁
Not sure why not….did not happen here.
Can i use a drink mixer? To make my mayo?
Hi! Not sure that will work too well.
I tried the first recipe and came out with this watery thing that didn’t resemble mayo in the least be. I added the whole egg instead and came out with a delicious light mayo! fun recipe!