Homemade Mayonnaise a La Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey

If you have never tried homemade mayonnaise, you should. It will turn the simply mundane into the simply elegant!

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 2 cups

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1  egg yolk
• 2  tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 2  cups  corn oil or 2  cups  peanut oil or 2  cups  vegetable oil
•  salt
•  fresh ground pepper

Directions

1. Put the mustard, egg yolk, and vinegar in a mixing bowl and start beating with a wire whisk or electric beater.
2. Gradually add the oil, beating constantly and rapidly with the whisk or beater. Add salt and pepper to taste.