Home-made mayonnaise from Delia Smith's Winter Collection: 150 Recipes For Winter (page 45) by Delia Smith

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  • Crumbles on January 19, 2023

    Patience is a virtue and after a few failed attempts and several years I was determined to crack this. And I did! Once I had the knack and followed the method to the letter it all came together beautifully. I realised it was my own fault for not being very very patient for the first minute. Since this revelation, I now make my own mayo once a fortnight. My friends look at me sideways with that strange expression as if to say 'why is she getting so excited about a salad dressing'. Only those who know and understand and also make their own get this. Joy of joys!

  • sharifah on August 25, 2013

    What a disaster. I made this first time with a food processor, despite Delia saying use an electric hand whisk. I didn't think it would matter....but the mayonnaise ended up looking like yellow oily water, so it went down the sink. Annoyed with the failure, I did it again, exactly as Delia said with an electric hand whisk....and it curdled. But Delia said don't worry...add another egg yolk, and use your curdled mixture again and it would put itself right. Nope!! It didn't. And the second batch went down the sink too! I couldn't get this recipe to work.

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