Skip to main content

Homemade Mayonnaise

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓
Homemade Mayonnaise

Why it works: Lemon and canola oil work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 376 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Homemade Mayonnaise

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

209Calories
7 gProtein
19 gFat
4 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By williamssonoma. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lemon + canola oiltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together376 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Lemon + eggtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together44,316 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  3. Egg + canola oiltop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together961 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Lemon and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 44,316 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, canola oil):

  1. Pumpkinfits about as well
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Coconutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.