30-Second Mayonnaise is the perfect storm of recipes. Just 2 ingredients, 30 seconds, and you have one of the great sauces in culinary history.
Just think about it—the freshest, creamiest, purest mayonnaise possible, in 30 seconds. That’s way less time than it takes to grab a jar at the supermarket and wait on the checkout line.
I’ve made mayo from scratch before, the old fashioned way, standing by the food processor for many minutes sloooooowly drizzling the oil according to the classic method for making mayo. Actually French chefs use a whisk, which is even more laborious. My arm literally ached the next morning. If you’ve made your own mayonnaise the old fashioned way and loved it, you owe it to yourself to try this.
There are lots of youtube videos demonstrating how to make this, but they are all a little different, and I went through several attempts at this before figuring it out. From my experience, it’s the egg being at room temperature that makes the difference. I made it several times, with safflower oil, and then pure olive oil. You can also make it with virgin olive oil, but it will be richer, more yellow, and have a stronger taste. That can be a p;us in some recipes. You can flavor your mayonnaise with a little lemon juice and mustard, and salt, but it isn’t necessary.
Yes you need an immersion blender to make this, but you should have one anyway, they aren’t expensive and there’s a lot you can do with them from pureeing soups right in the pot to making smoothies. I have to say this was the most fun I’ve had in the kitchen in a long time.
I use pasteurized eggs for this recipe because there is no risk of contamination in the finished mayo. You’ll find them in most grocery stores, right in the same section with regular eggs. Pasteurized eggs have been gently heated to a temperature that kills any harmful bacteria, without actually ‘cooking’ the eggs. Use them just as you would regular eggs.
TIP: Did you know you can pasteurize your own eggs at home? you can easily pasteurize your own eggs at home, directions HERE
I’m already planning to make a simple old fashioned macaroni salad with my fresh mayonnaise. What will you make with yours?
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I use my IMMERSION BLENDER a lot in my kitchen. I have always used it to blend soups etc. right in the pot, but I have to say that ever since I discovered how easy it is to make mayo and dressings like this aoili, it’s become one of my most beloved tools. It’s not expensive, it’s very easy to clean because the top screws right off for rinsing, and it has a solid, heavy feel to it.
Ingredients
- 1 whole egg (use pasteurized for safety) at room temperature
- 1 cup mild oil, like safflower, canola, or pure olive oil
- 1 mason jar or other jar that is just wide enough to fit your immersion blender (I used a Kerr Wide Mouth Pint Jar)
Instructions
- Make sure your egg and oil are at room temperature, this is important. Put your egg and oil in the bottom of a glass jar that fits your immersion blender. Ideally, it should be a close fit.
- Put the immersion blender down into the cup and rest it at the bottom. Turn it on and blend, keeping it at the bottom until you start to see the mayo thicken. Then gently raise the blender head to blend the rest of the mayo. Stop the machine when you see that the entire jar has thickened. Don’t over-blend or the mayo will 'break'. Note: If you see that the mixture turns creamy before you have raised the blender, you can stop.
- Give it a stir and then cap the jar and store in the fridge. Eat it up within the week.
Notes:
- The size of your jar matters, if it is too big, you won’t get an emulsion. Use a jar that just fits the ingredients and your immersion blender.
- If you have trouble getting the mayo to thicken, add another egg.
- If you want to flavor your mayo, you can add the juice of half a lemon and a teaspoon of mustard. That’s the classic seasoning, but of course you can do anything you want, it’s your mayonnaise ;)
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91 Comments
Kat
January 5, 2019 at 3:36 amHi! I love your video! I was wondering what program or app you used to make it. Thank you!
Sue
January 5, 2019 at 7:20 amHi Kat, we made this with iMovie.
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Sarah
January 14, 2018 at 2:30 pmI don’t have an immersion blender what could a blender or ninja work?
Sue
January 14, 2018 at 2:46 pmThey should work, Sarah, you’ll have to experiment.
Paula Dannels
May 29, 2017 at 9:21 amWOW! I never thought of using my wand mixer. I added a scant THE of lime juice and a squirt of yellow French’s mustard to my “regular” mayonnaise. This is as I super easy!
Sue
May 29, 2017 at 9:42 amThanks Paula, this is one of my favorite recipes, and I’ve varied it in tons of ways ~ I bet you’ll find lots of uses for the technique, too :)
Joh
March 6, 2017 at 6:51 amok, I’ve been making mayonnaise like this for several years. It is a great method.
Some tips:
1 – like the recipe says, room temperature for everything. You can put the egg in hot water from the tap for about five minutes to accomplish this.
2 – the size of the jar is critical. If it’s too big, the oil in the egg will not come in proper contact and the emotion won’t happen. The 1 pint Mason jar is the perfect size, and has the added benefit of being a storage container when you’re done.
3 – This does form mayonnaise, but it does taste pretty boring. Conditional mayonnaise has some acidity to counteract all the oil, so a little lemon juice, wait for Sherry vinegar, and Dijon mustard would all help give it a little snap. With some salt also.
4 – bonus addition – a can of chipotle en adobo peppers.
Sue
March 6, 2017 at 6:56 amLove all this feedback, thanks! I really like the idea of adding chipotle, I may do that in a post all by itself!
Samantha bayliss
August 28, 2017 at 1:37 amHi I’ve just found this recipe but I like to know how much oil you have to put in the jar ?
Sue
August 28, 2017 at 7:13 amIt’s a cup of oil, Samantha.
Joan Howard
April 10, 2017 at 6:32 pmLong ago I found, in an antique store, a Wesson Oil ‘mayonnaise maker’…a straight-sided quart size jar with a metal lid and a heavy mesh plunger that went through the lid into the jar. On the jar was the recipe — ‘An egg, 2 tablespoons lemon juice or vinegar, teaspoon each mustard, salt, sugar dash of pepper. Beat in thoroughly as poured from can 1 pint Wesson Oil
I have used it occasionally ever since. Sometimes I even ‘use’ it only to refer to the ‘recipe’ while I measure my ingredients (but NO SUGAR…EVER) into my quart jar and blend with my ‘outboard’ or immersion blender. KitchenAid’s fits perfectly into wide mouth Mason jars but not into the narrow-mouth. The antique jar had a concave lid so the oil could well up in it and drizzle down onto the other ingredients as they mixed. This method is easier, even, than the Wesson Oil jar method, and I, too, always use light olive oil and lots of different additions…all lemon juice, all flavored vinegar….hmmm…that fabulous grapefruit vinaigrette you make? The possibilities, as they say, are endless, the results always delicious! Thanks!
Sue
April 10, 2017 at 7:43 pmLove this ~ wish I could see that ‘mayo maker’ Joan!
Donsld
February 20, 2017 at 8:56 amHas anyone tried making mayo in a Silver Bullit sized blender?
Maddy
January 13, 2017 at 7:44 pmI tried this recipe but it didn’t work
Sue
January 13, 2017 at 8:13 pmSorry Maddy, I’m here to answer questions if you have any!