How to cook mayonnaise at homePhoto: Getty Images The modern mayonnaise, or mayonnaise sauce, is due to the city of Maon (Mayon), the capital of the Mediterranean island of Menorca, which was conquered by the Duke of Richelieu, a descendant of the same Richelieu described in the novels of Dumas. In 1757, the British attacked Menorca and held the French under siege. The food was coming to an end, however, turkey eggs and olive oil remained in sufficient quantities. The cooks cooked scrambled eggs, omelettes and other egg dishes, which the Duke of Richelie had so tired, that he ordered the chefs to come up with something new. And one of the chefs just beat eggs with olive oil, then added a little salt and spice to the mixture. The taste of this sauce was so liked by the duke that he began to cook after the siege, and his recipe spread to France. So the sauce of beaten eggs with olive oil was called the Mayonnaise sauce. However, it can be assumed that the roots of the sauce from Mayon go back to more ancient times, since in the Mediterranean there have always been eggs and olive oil, and it's hard to imagine that no one did not try to mix up French chefs. For example, long before the mayonnaise, there was a recipe for the Spanish sauce ali-ol, which literally translates as garlic-oil. This sauce is prepared from a fairly rich mixture of garlic, eggs and olive oil, and now it is called aioli. Mayonnaise is considered a "noble" sauce, that is, cooked without the use of flour. Its traditional composition is quite simple: egg yolks, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, sugar and spices. The variety "Provencal" contains also mustard. But the matter is not in the composition, but rather in the right actions in the process of preparation. In the present mayonnaise, there should be no air bubbles, so it is unacceptable to use a mixer! The correct mayonnaise is whipped only with hands for a fairly long time. Meynoyz is not just a flavoring additive. This is very useful, first of all, because the olive oil in a whipped form is easily digested and provides the body with vitamins of groups A, E, F. Mayonnaise makes our diet more balanced, helping to assimilate vegetable dishes. Home-made mayonnaise is harmless to children, which can not be said about ready-made mayonnaises from the store.
