Organic, egg-free mayo is so simple to make with common store-cupboard ingredients. The easiest way is with soya milk as per the illustrated recipe above from my book. But there’s another way if you are intolerant to soy or don’t have soy milk in the house. Aquafaba is the viscous liquid result of boiling beans, the most reliable source is from a tin of organic chickpeas, and it’s truly magic stuff. It makes a brilliant egg white replacement and I use it in lots of cake recipes like this clafoutis. It is used as an emulsifier in this mayonnaise recipe and it works perfectly.
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Ingredients (makes about 300ml)
- 4 tbsp aquafaba drained from a tin of chickpeas
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- optional extra flavourings eg: 1/2 a clove of garlic/a few sprigs of rosemary/a pinch of saffron/a tsp of smoked paprika/sriracha…
- 250ml sunflower oil
Method
Measure the aquafaba, mustard, salt, vinegar and optional flavourings into a jar or jug in which your immersion blender will fit.
Blend with the immersion blender until frothy.
Add the oil in a slow steam whilst continuing to blend. You may not need to use it all. Stop once your mayonnaise is thick, creamy and glossy.
Taste and adjust the seasoning as you wish with more salt/mustard/vinegar.
Keep refrigerated and use within 2 weeks.
Serving Suggestions:
- Add to sandwiches, burgers and wraps.
- Stir through shredded cabbage and carrot to make homemade coleslaw.
- Dunk potato wedges in it or other roasted veg chips.
- Make potato salad. Mix through boiled potatoes, carrot and beetroot with chopped dill and spring onions.
- Saffron mayo is especially good with patatas bravas. Roast bite size chunks of potato with olive oil, salt, pepper and smoked paprika. Make a simple tomato sauce (simmer sautéed onion and garlic with a tin of chopped tomatoes and seasoning) and serve the potatoes in small tapas bowls on top of the sauce with chopped parsley and saffron mayo.
- Make a vegan ‘egg mayo’ sandwich. Simply mash the chickpeas from the tin, then stir through some mayo and chopped chives or spring onions, black or white pepper and then pile between two slices of bread with some watercress, rocket or our seasonal winter purslane. It’s great with some crunchy, peppery radish slices too! Get that eggy flavour by sprinkling in some sulphurous kala namak (aka black salt).