Immersion Blender Mayo

Ingredients

1 cup avocado oil or other light-flavored oil

1 large egg

OPTIONAL

1 clove minced garlic

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

2 teaspoons mustard powder

Kosher salt to taste

Directions

Pour the oil into a wide-mouth glass jar with an opening a little bit wider than the head of your immersion blender. Crack the egg into the oil and let settle into the bottom of the jar.

Place the immersion blender into the jar and position the blade directly over the egg yolk. Turn the immersion blender on low and hold in place, while the blender is running, until the bottom of the jar starts to turn into a creamy emulsion, about 10 seconds. Once you see that creamy emulsion at the bottom, start lifting the blender up a bit and pressing it back down, essentially emulsifying the mixture above the mayo at the bottom, bit by bit, until you reach the top and the entire jar is emulsified. Use as-is in the recipes throughout this book.

OPTIONAL You can turn it into actual mayo by blending in the optional ingredients.