German Mayonnaise

Ingredients

• the yolks of 2 eggs
• 1 even teaspoonful salt
• 1 cupful olive oil
• 1 teaspoonful herb vinegar
• 1 teaspoonful cornstarch
• 1/2 cupful boiling water
• 1 teaspoonful butter
• 2 tablespoonfuls cream
• 1 teaspoonful lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Put the yolks of 2 eggs in a bowl; add 1 even teaspoonful salt, stir this a few minutes, then add a few drops of olive oil; stir again a few minutes; continue the stirring, adding oil till 0.5 pint of oil has been used; add 1 teaspoonful herb vinegar (if not at hand take white vinegar); stir until the ingredients have formed into a thick smooth sauce.

2. 2

   In the meantime mix 1 teaspoonful cornstarch with a little cold water; add 0.5 cupful boiling water, and place it over the fire; add 1 teaspoonful butter and stir till it boils; then add 2 tablespoonfuls cream, a little salt, and 1 teaspoonful lemon juice; when this is cold add it to the above mayonnaise.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from European and American cuisine (1914) by Lemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel, page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cupful olive oil ; as it thickens add a few drops of vinegar, about Yt table- spoonful in all, the same of lemon juice, and a little dry mustard. Cayenne pepper and 1 gill whipped cream may be added. German Mayonnaise.— Put the yolks of 2 eggs in a bowl; add 1 even teaspoonful salt, stir this a few minutes, then add a few drops of olive oil ; stir again a few minutes ; continue the stir- ring, adding oil till Yt P^i^^ o' i^ ^^s been used ; add 1 teaspoonful herb vinegar (if not at hand take white vinegar) ; stir until the in- gredients have formed into a thick smooth sauce. In the mean- time mix 1 teaspoonful cornstarch with a little cold water ; add Yt cupful boiling water, and place it over the fire ; add 1 teaspoonful butter and stir till it boils; then add 2 tablespoonf uls cream, a little salt, and 1 teaspoonful lemon juice

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