Hellman's Mayonnaise

glendajheim 2011-04-19
Thank you to cdkitchen...At $3.99 a quart for a jar of Best Foods I decided to make my own...my husband thinks he can't eat another brand. I used this recipe after reading other reviews and followed it with these exceptions. not quite 1/2 teaspoon of dry mustard, 2 T of apple cidar vinegar and 1 T of lemon juice. It was so easy and my family loved it. Glenda

sherylb 2009-07-27
The key to making this the best mayonnaise you have ever made is to 1.Follow this instructions to the letter. 2.Start with a ROOM TEMPURATURE egg. 3. Canola oil works best. 4. FRESH LEMON JUICE will make it taste just like the brand name mayo. As it turns out, the juice of 1 lemon is just about 3 Tbl spoons, just enough. IF you use venigar instead of lemon juice, you should leave the container open for a while to let the smell and bitterness evaporate. Just use the fresh lemon juice.When done the way I desribed, it taste exactly like Hellman's. I make this mayo every 2 weeks. (That's about how long the amout of the recipe will last in the f... read more

Guest: seasidehandyman 2009-03-16
I tried the recipe yesterday following the sugestions from Guest Sarge.....it was wonderful and very tastey.......i will use this recipe over and over again for sure. I do plan to try a couple changes like maybe adding 1 egg yoke as well as the hole egg, and try white vineger to see id i notice a diference between it and the apple cider vineger......other then that, its very nice.

Guest: Sarge 2008-09-26
OK, I tried this recipe a second time, using all apple cider vinegar, with no lemon juice. The results...were simply SUPERB! I used a stick blender, however. There was absolutely no problem starting with ¼ cup of oil before blending. I did, however, divide the oil into 3 separate ¼ cup doses. I combined the DRY mustard, salt, a double dash of the recommended cayenne pepper, a room temperature whole egg, (not just yolks), with the 1st ¼ cup CANOLA oil and started mixing. The mixing container I used, was what came with the stick blender and is recommended for the stick blender. Other than thickening a b... read more

Guest: sarge 2008-09-17
After trying 2 different recipes for Mayonnaise, I was getting discouraged, because they both tasted and smelled like vegetable oil...Yuk! However, this recipe, although not exact to Hellman's Mayonnaise, is pretty darn close! It smelled, tasted and looked like mayonnaise. I used half lemon juice and half vinegar. Next time, I'll try to adjust the lemon juice/vinegar ratio. I am thoroughly pleased with this recipe and there is no oil flavor or odor!

Guest: Lena 2011-01-05
This recipe is not bad, but I do not think that it tastes just like Hellman's. I used fresh lemon juice. Maybe the vinegar would have made it taste more like Hellman's. I will try that to see if it has more of a likeness since I don't think this is a bad recipe, but as it stands for now, I liked my other recipe for mayonnaise better as well as store bought Hellman's better.

Guest: Anonymous 2007-11-03
I have to agree with the other reviewer - this recipe creates something that looks like Hellman's with a nasty medicinal aftertaste. Possibly from the cayenne? Very disappointing - I would not recommend attempting this one.

Guest: mayomaker 2007-10-04
This recipe has something that many other mayo recipes offer... a terrible aftertaste. First, ALL oil mixed with an egg has to be added slowly. Although vinegar does work better, whether you're using lemon juice or vinegar, it has to be added in moderation as well... otherwise, you get what looks like runny hollondaise sauce, and not nearly as tasty.

Guest: Glenda P 2011-05-22
Tried this recipe and found it very easy to make and managed to do it in no time at all. I decided to use only apple cider vinegar and no lemon juice. I think next time round i am going to try white spirit vinegar and lemon juice. Thanks for a lovely recipe tastes great. Glenda P

Guest: Lena 2011-01-05
I forgot to say something. I agree with another reviewer of this recipe that it might have been the dry mustard that made the recipe taste different from Hellman's. I also have noted that Hellman's does not have mustard in it.

Guest: lilshortgirl62 2010-12-28
The aftertaste could be from the dry mustard. Hellman's mayonnaise does not contain any kind of mustard. Leave it out and see how it tastes.