Best mayo for fries

ivrytwr3 said:
what's your fave mayo for fries?
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The one I make myself.

Ingredients: 2 egg yolks, 300 ml olive oil, 1 tsp mustard (either Dijon or English, to taste, depending upon whim), garlic, salt, pepper. Note: use good mustard: the cheap mustards have dyes in them which will discolour your mayo.

Put 2 egg yolks in a metal bowl - important for incompetents like myself as it keeps the mixture cooler. Drizzle a very little oil - a drop or two - into the yolks and whisk it in. Add a little more, whisk some more. Repeat, gradually increasing the amount of oil you add at a time. Add the mustard, a good grind of pepper, a pinch of salt, and crushed or finely chopped garlic to taste (I use 3-4 segments) and whisk it all in. For a luxurious mayo add in another egg yolk at this stage. Leave in a sealed bowl in the fridge overnight to mature.

Instead of garlic you can substitute chopped dill if you are serving salmon, mint (be very careful to add only a little) or rosemary if you are serving lamb, and so on.

Anyway, what you have here is an opportunity: give your guests a choice and see what they prefer.

But it's the Belgian GP this weekend so how about making some Béarnaise sauce?
 
This stuff is great, it's made with just the yolks.

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Heinz salad cream, splodge some into a dipping bowl and stir in a bit of scotch bonnet sauce, makes a good basic spicy dip for chips.
Alternatively, a chip buttie with a rich layer of Sandwich Spread on the bread instead of butter makes a good chomp.
 
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