Smoky Mayonnaise

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

Servings: cup

Smoky mayonnaise is a great way to bring a garlicky, smoky flavor to potato salads, roast beef sandwiches, and burgers. This homemade smoky mayo recipe gets it's flavors from the smoked paprika, garlic, and apple cider vinegar. A couple of tips when you're making homemade mayonnaise. The first is to let the egg yolk come to room temperature. The second is put the oil in a squirt bottle; this makes it a lot easier to control the oil as it's being added. A great recipe for this mayo is Smokehouse Potato Salad. It also works as a dip with fries and onion rings.

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Ingredients

1 egg yolk
3/4 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp mustard powder
1/4 tsp sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 cup canola or corn oil
1 tsp chipotle Tabasco sauce
1 clove garlic minced

Instructions

Using a glass bowl, whisk together the egg yolk, smoked paprika, sugar, salt, and mustard powder. In a small bowl combine the lemon juice and vinegar.
Add half of the lemon juice mixture to the egg yolk along with a few drops of oil, whisking until everything starts to thicken and lighten in color.
Once the emulsion has started, begin adding the oil in a slow, steady stream while continuously whisking.
Once half the oil has been incorporated, add the rest of the lemon juice mixture and continue whisking until the oil is completely incorporated.
Once you've finished adding the oil, mix in the Tabasco.
Leave at room temperature for an hour or so and then refrigerate for up to a week.

Notes

Feel free to submit your favorite hot sauce for the chipotle Tabasco. And consider this your standard warning about consuming raw eggs.