Classic egg mayo
- Portion size: Makes enough to fill 6 sandwiches
- Prep time 15 min. Cook time 8 min
- Difficulty: easy
Get ready to taste the best egg mayo of your life with this classic recipe. Our unapologetically eggy egg mayo is taken to the next level thanks to a mix of soft and hard-boiled eggs, plus plenty of malt vinegar and ground white pepper – an egg’s best friends. Pile your egg mayo on on toast, dolloped on a buffet plate, or eat with a spoon straight from the mixing bowl; it’s a classic for a reason.
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Ingredients
- 12 medium eggs, ideally golden yolked, at room temperature
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp malt vinegar, plus extra if needed
- 2 tsp sea salt flakes, plus extra if needed
- 1 tsp ground white pepper, plus extra if needed
- ¼ tsp smoked paprika
- 125ml cold-pressed rapeseed oil
- 75ml olive oil
Method
- Put 11 of the eggs in a pan and boil the kettle. Meanwhile, separate the remaining egg and add the yolk to a food processor with the mustard, vinegar, salt, white pepper and paprika.
- Once the kettle is boiled, pour it over the eggs in the pan until they’re fully submerged and set over a high heat to cook for 8 minutes. Meanwhile, set up a large bowl of iced water. After 6½ minutes, take 2 of the eggs out using a slotted spoon and lower into the cold water. After 8 minutes, transfer the rest of the eggs to the cold water.
- With the food processor running, very gradually pour in both oils in a steady stream. You should be left with a thick, yellow, well-seasoned mayonnaise.
- Once the eggs are cool enough to handle, peel and add the soft-boiled ones (they’ll feel noticeably softer) to the bowl of mayo. Use a knife to roughly quarter each one, then a fork to start crushing and breaking apart the eggs further, stirring them into the mayo so they combine. The yolks should melt into the mayonnaise.
- Quarter the remaining eggs and add them to the mayo, roughly chopping and mashing them further using a fork or a knife. Once you’re happy with the texture, season to taste with more salt, pepper and vinegar if you think it needs it.
Nutrition
- 435kcals Calories
- 42g (6g saturated) Fat
- 14g Protein
- 0g Carbs
- 0g Fibre
- 2.1g Salt
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