A Lesson on Mayonnaise Making and Kaisa Villa Hand Blender Review

A Lesson on Mayonnaise Making and Kaisa Hand Blender Review

My mother had made a lumpiang gulay/togue (vegetable/bean sprouts) from our past day leftovers. She also cooked some cheese stick lumpia. I thought these would be good paired with a mayo dip. Though it is already evening, I decided to make a mayonnaise with egg yolk this time with the Kaisa Villa Hand Blender that I've bought recently. I'll now be able to test if I could make a mayonnaise to my preferred consistency. The manual made mayonnaise that I've was a thinner than your usual mayonnaise but not that runny.

Anyway, back to the mayonnaise making. I was doing the usual pasteurization process (double broiling) with using only the egg yolks of the eggs, salt, lemon, a small amount of water and then proceeded to adding the big amount of oil outright which I was able to learn from another YouTube.

I was using the Kaisa Villa Hand Blender but the appliance stop when the motor part turned hot. I was scared when it suddenly stop working because I was thinking maybe the device was faulty but then I remembered about the hair blower. It would automatically not function if it gets too hot. And so I've waited for a while for the unit to cool down and it worked!

It was almost an hour of blending and I've already added a huge amount of oil so I came to suspect that maybe there's something wrong. That is, upon close inspection of the mixture, I've observed the miniscule bits of egg suspended in oil. It might mean that I've overcooked the yolk. The oil didn't blend well with the mixture. And so the next thing that I did was to test out the remaining of the egg which was the egg whites and if it will turn to mayonnaise this time. I didn't use the double broiler technique this time.

I've put the egg whites into another container with the same ingredients to be added and mixed with the hand blender. Lo and behold! After just a minute or less, the consistency was that of a mayonnaise. I slowly incorporated the failed mixture. And there I have my result. Mayonnaise, with the same consistency like of the all purpose cream! Yay!

How to Make your DIY Mayonnaise - Manual Style

We all know that mayonnaise is one of the things that we buy when we are making a salad, sandwich or a dessert like macaroni/fruit salad. This is also a condiment frequently used as dips for snacks. Sadly, this precious baby costs a lot. In fact, when I made a search on its current price, it was at 234.15 php for a 470 mL of bottled Lady's Choice Mayonnaise at Lazada Mall.

I was delaying making the mayonnaise until I've purchased an immersion blender. However, I've watched a YouTube video that it was possible to make one even without the appliance.

And so my curiosity was piqued and I was rearing to go experiment if it was indeed true. I was kind of expecting that this would take a long time (for which it actually did) because this was made manually and made with love.

And so here's how I did it.

Ingredients:

• 1 whole egg, fresh
• salt
• vinegar
• water
• oil, Canola 

 

Materials used:

• Whisk
• Induction pot + Glass bowl that can withstand heat (as these duo will serve as sort of a double boiler)
• Induction cooker

Instructions:

1. Set the induction pot to boil with water and then when water is boiling, tone down to the lowest setting.
2. Put the glass bowl over the pot, making sure that the water in the pot is covered fully. Add the egg, small amount of water, salt and vinegar. Whisk away until you feel that the mixture is warm.
3. Turn off the heat and then get the glass bowl off the pot. Whisk away the mixture in the bowl and then slowly introduce the oil into the mixture. Whisk again for some time and then add more oil. If you are not contented with the taste, adjust the salt and vinegar according to your desired taste.
4. Add more oil and whisk again until the consistency is like of a mayonnaise.

Finally, I was able to make a Do-It-Yourself Mayonnaise manually using a whisk! Though I could tell you that it was one tough work! I was able to achieve this in less than an hour. And so, the lesson I learned here is that I better get that immersion blender. Hehe!

And here is the finished product! I was able to make a mayonnaise that is half the size of a Lady's choice mayonnaise bottle jar.

P.S. I don't know how long a homemade mayonnaise usually lasts but I've read that this is good for only a day since supermarket mayonnaise lasts long because it contains preservatives.