As you may remember, weeks ago (I’ve been busy!) I said I
was going to do a series of blogs on great things to keep in the storecupboard
and, further, that the first one would be about mayonnaise. Well I lied!
The first two are going to be about mayonnaise!
Good idea! Pin this to refer to later. |
I started writing this post by saying how easy it is to make all sorts of deliciously flavoured mayonaisses (what is the plural of mayonnaise?) rather than buying in all the different ones but I had so many ideas it is a post in itself. My next one will be on delicious ways to use them.
There are so many temptingly flavoured mayos on the market, but all of them are easy to replicate at home. Such variety was certainly not available where I used to work as a chef (small island in the Caribbean) so I made all sorts of different mayonnaise sauces myself. I see no need to change this now I just cook domestically in the UK.
If you have a jar of bought in mayonnaise (light is fine, that's what I always use) or even homemade mayonnaise you can make all of these.
~ 38 Mayonnaise Flavours to Create at Home ~
All the quantities below are for 120g mayonnaise but don’t take them as gospel!
You may well like to add a little salt, or you may not, lemon
juice will brighten most flavours so add a squeeze if you’ve got it, garlic is
good in lots of things, so is black pepper ~ experiment!
It is important to remember, when using fresh ingredients, that
even when combined with mayonnaise they can still go off so the following suggestions
do have a limited shelf life, just make what you need.
Fresh Herb Mayonnaise
You need about 15g-20g of fresh herbs per 120g mayonnaise,
either finely chop the herbs and stir in or purée the whole herb leaves with
the mayonnaise. Use soft leaf herbs, I don’t think rosemary, for instance, will
work for this. Try …
~ Dill or Fennel Mayonnaise - for
fish, add some lemon juice too.
~ Lemon & Parsley Mayonnaise – add chopped parsley to the lemon butter below!
~ Basil Mayonnaise – purée
whole basil leaves with the mayonnaise, taste and season – this is lovely, I used to serve it with seafood mixed grill.
~ Watercress Mayonnaise – purée
a small handful of watercress together with mayonnaise and a little lemon
juice. This is perfect with poached salmon and good with all sorts of other
things too.
~ Etc. – so many herbs, you have a go!
Or make a …
~ Mixed Herb Mayonnaise
– a good combination would be ½
tablespoon each of chopped parsley, tarragon, chives, basil and a clove of
garlic or do a Provençal
Mayonnaise with
I’d just like to say a bit of chopped parsley, or other
suitable herb, may enhance and definitely will make almost any of the following look prettier.
Fresh Fruit or Vegetable Mayonnaise
~ Scallion
Mayonnaise – a very simple but impressive dressing is made by puréeing half a
bunch of coarsely chopped spring onions (scallions) with the mayonnaise. This
makes a delicious potato salad!
~ Roasted Butternut Squash Mayonnaise! - what a delicious surprise this was! You really should try it.
~ Garlic Mayonnaise – aka Aioli. Add up to 1 (or maybe more - this is very much a matter of taste) very well crushed clove of garlic to the mayonnaise, a squeeze of lemon is good too. Sometimes I add a wincy pinch of turmeric to this so that it looks more homemade and authentically Mediterranean and I call it Aioli!
~ Ginger Mayonnaise – stir in 2 teaspoons of finely grated fresh ginger plus 2 teaspoons of the citrus juice of your choice.
~ Mango Mayonnaise – stir in 1-2 tbsp puréed fresh mango and add a squeeze or lime juice and/or a few drips of hot sauce.
~ Caramelised Onion
Mayonnaise – see here for how to caramelise onions (it’s my favourite way to cook onions, caramelised or not) and then, when they
are utterly cold, stir or purée 1½ tablespoons of them into the mayonnaise.
Cooked Fruits or Vegetables
~ Apple Mayonnaise – stir in 1-2 tbsp apple sauce (recipe here). Season to taste and serve with ham/pork/bacon/sausage type dishes and it makes a great dressing for coleslaw.
~ Roasted Garlic Mayonnaise
– mash 6 roasted garlic cloves l
and stir into the mayonnaise.
I must make a confession here; I love roasted garlic mayonnaise and usually get it from M & S!!! This is because my real man doesn’t like the smell of garlic, even when its roasting, so I kindly don’t fill our tiny home with its aroma.
I must make a confession here; I love roasted garlic mayonnaise and usually get it from M & S!!! This is because my real man doesn’t like the smell of garlic, even when its roasting, so I kindly don’t fill our tiny home with its aroma.
~
Roasted Pepper Mayonnaise – finely chop 2 tablespoons of roasted red
pepper (home cooked or bought in a jar) and mix into the mayonnaise. Maybe add a little chopped parsley for
prettiness.
From your storecupboard
These will have a longer shelf life than the fresh additions
above.
~ Mustard Mayonnaise – add 1½ tablespoons of Dijon mustard OR wholegrain mustard or a mixture of both.
~ Honey Mustard
Mayonnaise – replace half a tablespoon of mustard in the above ‘recipe’ with
runny honey.
~ Horseradish Mayonnaise – stir
in ½ - 1 tbsp horseradish sauce plus a little lemon juice and season to
taste. Due to an enzyme in the horseradish this tends to thicken considerably
over time so don’t make it too much in advance.
~ Sweet Chilli
Mayonnaise – stir 3 teaspoons of sweet chilli sauce and 2 teaspoons of lime
juice into the mayo.
~ Mango Chutney
Mayonnaise – take 1-2 tbsp mango chutney and finely chop the lumps. Stir into
the mayonnaise perhaps with a little citrus juice, This is good with duck,
spicy dishes and seafood.
~ Chipotle
Mayonnaise – stir in a little or a lot of chipotle paste, start with about ½ a
teaspoon and work your way up.
~ Wasabi Mayonnaise – mix ½ tablespoon of wasabi powder to a paste with 1 teaspoon of water, stir it in and see what you think of it. Bit of lemon juice maybe? Touch more wasabi? Lovely with tuna.
~ Tartare Sauce
120g mayonnaise
½ tbsp finely chopped
capers
½ tbsp finely chopped
gherkins
juice of ¼ lemon
~ Mix all together.
That’s it.
~ Pesto Mayonnaise –
add 1 tablespoon pesto to the mayonnaise.
~ Tapenade
Mayonnaise – (quite a few tapenades in Tesco to choose from!) stir 1½ tbsp of
tapenade plus some chopped parsley and black pepper into the mayonnaise.
~ Green Peppercorn
Mayonnaise – drain and finely chop 2 tbsp green peppercorns, stir into the
mayonnaise and serve with steak, to name just one idea.
~ Anchovy Mayonnaise - very finely chop 4 or 5 tinned anchovies and stir into the mayonnaise. Add some lemon juice but NO salt unless you are a maniac. Take this further and make …
~ Caesar Dressing for Cheats
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 oz shredded
Parmesan
2-3 anchovies
juice of half a lemon
dash of
Worcestershire sauce
good grind of black
pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp mayonnaise
~ In a food
processor or liquidiser blend together all the ingredients down to the olive
oil.
~ When smooth add
the mayonnaise and give it a quick whizz.
~ Taste and season but I doubt it will need
anything – almost definitely NOT salt.
~ Sesame Mayonnaise
– add 1 tsp (or a little more) sesame oil and season to taste with a little salt
or soy sauce. Some good additions to this would be sesame seeds, toasted sesame
seeds (even better) and/or finely chopped spring onions or a teaspoon of finely
grated fresh ginger. Speaking of which …
~ BBQ Mayonnaise –
this is 2 tablespoons of BBQ sauce stirred in together with a good grind of
black pepper.
120g mayonnaise
1½ tbsp tomato ketchup
a little hot sauce or Worcestershire sauce
1½ tbsp tomato ketchup
a little hot sauce or Worcestershire sauce
~ Mix all
together – a splash of brandy or vodka is good in this too!
Spiced Mayonnaise
~ Black Pepper Mayonnaise – obviously the way to make this is to grind in as much black (or mixed)pepper as you like. Add a little lemon juice if you fancy it.
~ Curry Mayonnaise –
stir in 3 teaspoons of curry powder and 2 teaspoons of lemon or lime juice. Add
a little chopped fresh coriander if you have some.
~ Red or Green Curry
Mayonnaise – add 2 tsp of whichever curry paste you are using plus a squeeze of
lime juice and, as with above, a little coriander if you have it.
~ Saffron Mayonnaise – heat a small frying pan
and add 4 or 5 saffron threads. Toss around for a few seconds till the saffron
is a little darker. Remove from the pan and cool. Crush the saffron in a pestle
and mortar to a powder, add a clove of garlic and crush to smooth. Stir into
the mayonnaise, taste and season with salt and lemon juice.
~ Smoky Paprika Mayonnaise – ½ tsp smoked paprika and a squeeze of lime.
~ Smoky Paprika Mayonnaise – ½ tsp smoked paprika and a squeeze of lime.
A Few More Mayonnaise Ideas
~ Bacon Mayonnaise aka Baconnaise–
see how to make bacon salt here (it is so delicious and useful you might as well make some)
and prepare the bacon as instructed.
Instead of crushing it with the salt, crush it all alone and stir into
the mayonnaise.
~ Blue Cheese
Mayonnaise – mix in about 60g of crumbled blue cheese. Black pepper is great in
this. Good with beef, salads containing pears and
lots more.
38 is quite a few suggestions but if you think of any more please let me know!
My next post will be on lot of ways to use mayonnaise,
flavoured or otherwise.
1 comment:
Yummy! It all sounds wonderfully delicious! Thank-you!
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