Mayonnaise, Aka Hellmann's!
- 2 egg yolks
- 4 12 teaspoons white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons water
- 34 teaspoon salt
- 34 teaspoon sugar
- 12 teaspoon bottled lemon juice
- 2 cups soybean oil (or Canola oil)
- Mix the water, salt, sugar vinegar and lemon juice in a small bowl until the sugar and salt are dissolved.
- Whisk the 2 egg yolks well (20 seconds or so, or about 10 seconds with an electric whisk -- which I highly recommend for this)** Update - DO NOT USE A BLENDER - it absolutely will not work.
- Add about half of the liquid mixture to the eggs and whisk again (about the same amount of time).
- Now start adding the oil, slowly, while whisking constantly.
- Drop by drop is not necessary but don't pour it in a few teaspoons at the time either!
- Keep going until you've put in about 1 cup of oil.
- Now add the remaining half of the liquid mixture and whisk well for about 30 seconds.
- Back to the oil.you can add it faster now, whisking constantly - add it all in and then whisk an additional 30 seconds.
- Put it in a clean container and leave it out at room temperature for about 8 hours so that the vinegar and lemon juice can kill any bacteria that might be in the egg yolks.
- Refrigerate -- keeps for at least 2 weeks.
egg yolks, white vinegar, water, salt, sugar, lemon juice, soybean oil
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mayonnaise-aka-hellmanns-240309 (may not work)