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spydrrrr@yahoo.ca, 10/24/03
Real-tasting MayonnaiseIngredients (use vegan versions): 1 tablespoon (15 mL) ground flax seed
3 tablespoon (50 mL) water
1 teaspoon (5 mL) each: salt, sugar, ground vegan mustard
dash cayenne
1 1/4 cups (300 mL) oil
3 tablespoon lemon juice
Directions:I'm not vegan, and I've been making my own mayo with eggs for a few months now. I read about using flax seed as an egg substitute, so I jumped on the idea of adapting my own recipe. It tastes just the same without the eggs!
- combine the flax seed and water; microwave 10 seconds, then cool to room temperature
- in a blender (or preferably with a hand blender), combine the flax seed mixture, spices, and 1/4 cup oil
- while mixing, slowly add another 1/2 cup oil
- continue mixing and add the lemon juice
- ... still mixing, add the remaining 1/2 cup oil
- store in a jar in the fridge
Notes:
- you can grind the flax seed very nicely in a coffee grinder.
- you could probably make this with an electric mixer or even with a whisk, but it would take longer, and you'd have to add the oil really slowly.
Preparation time: 5-10 min
it works!!!!! very thick and i added more sugar(4 tsps) but it tastes just like the real deal, i used the cream whisk bit on my food processor. for the calorie conscious, warning, it works out over 150 calories for a semi heaped teaspoon but its so thick you can cut it by the same amount of soya milk as you use it! fatttening but yummy, this is the 5th recipe i have tried to make decent mayo,finally i find my mayo heaven!
Archived comment by: grimreefers
this did NOT work for me. i added the oil slowly, i know that's important for it to emulsify properly, but still, i have oil soup. i guess i could use it as a salad dressing, the taste is good. i think the blender i used was too wimpy, maybe.
Archived comment by: queenwillow
i didn't do mine in a blender, i did it in a food prossessor with the whisking disk people would use for whipping cream etc and it really was perfect. please try this if you try this recipe because its the best i have found in 4 years of searching
Archived comment by: grimreefers
I T W O R K S !!!!!! VERY IMPORTANT NOTE !!!!!!!!!! when i did exactly how its says in recipe i made oil soup YYYYYUUUUUUKKKKKK.... nothing like mayo..maybe i did sth wrong... but .. then I ADDED (to the soup) EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF FLEX SEEDS LIKE IN THE BEGINNING. AND REAL MAYO CAME OUT
)))))))))))) TASTY LIKE REAL THING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this recipe made my day. IVE USED ... I don't know the name of it but its electric blender to hold in hand with blades. THANK YOU FOR THE RECIPE :*
Archived comment by: basteq
Hi-I don't have a microwave. Do you think it will work if I heat it on the stove?
Archived comment by: jennifersamimi
Instead of heating it on the stove, I would just pour hot water over the flax seeds and cool from there. My guess is that the temperature should be very warm to the touch, but not hot enough to burn you if you still your finger in it.
Archived comment by: sharway
thank you for the recipe.. i followed it but mustve did something wrong cause it turned to soup..maybe it was the olive/sunflower/canola oil mix..or maybe somthing to do with temperatures.. then i tried more flax as basteq mentionned..still soup..didn't want to waste so much nice oil so i had the ridiculous idea of trying to thicken it with cornstarch on the stove..but with heating the oil separated from the rest :)hehe(probly not a good idea to boil oil)..so i cooled the oil and used it to redo the whole recipe and voila!lol..worked perfectly..no idea why..but never give up i say:)thanke,goodays
Archived comment by: varekay
