Lime, Chilli and Coriander Mayo

Name: Lime, Chilli and Coriander Mayo
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: Americas
Ingredients: 290 ml (9¾ fl oz) sunflower, groundnut or light olive oil; salt and pepper; leaves from a small bunch of fresh coriander, very finely chopped; 1 red chilli, deseeded (keep half the seeds) and shredded; 1 fat garlic clove, finely chopped; juice of 1 lime; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; 2 egg yolks

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Caribbean Food Made Easy

By Levi Roots

Published 2009

About

Instead of using ready-made mayonnaise, why not make this spicy Caribbean version of it yourself to impress your friends?

Ingredients

2 egg yolks
1 tsp Dijon mustard
salt and pepper
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Method

Put the egg yolks into a bowl and mix with the mustard, seasoning, garlic and a little of the lime juice (you probably won’t need it all). Using an electric hand beater or a wooden spoon, beat the yolk mixture and gradually start to add the oil, a drop at a time. Keep going – the mixture will really thicken – until it’s all in. If it looks as though it might split, add a