Name: Mayonnaise Piquante
Ingredients: 1 cup mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons olives, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons pickles, finely chopped

Mayonnaise Piquante

Ingredients

1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons olives, finely chopped
2 tablespoons pickles, finely chopped

Directions

In a bowl, combine 1 cup of mayonnaise with 2 tablespoons of finely chopped olives and 2 tablespoons of finely chopped pickles. Mix well until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Mayonnaise: Provides the creamy base and moisture that binds the chopped olives and pickles together.
Olives: Add salty, briny flavor and small bits of texture throughout the sauce.
Pickles: Add acidity and crunch, brightening the rich mayonnaise.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.