Homemade Mayonnaise & Tartar Sauces

Making sauces from scratch is not only easy to do but it allows you to create your own flavor profiles. Let’s take a look at some simple recipe bases that you can add your own twist to and make it fit your dish perfectly.

The start to any tartar sauce is a great mayonnaise base.

Mayonnaise is often referred to as the Mother of Cold Emulsified Sauces.

An emulsification takes place when two items in this case oil and egg yolks are bound together and made stable as not to separate.   

Homemade Mayonnaise

This recipe will yield 2 cups of mayonnaise

Ingredients

2 cups salad oil

2 egg yolks

½ cup lemon juice

1 tbsp. Dijon mustard

Salt & pepper to taste

Equipment

Balloon whisk

Large glass bowl

Preparation

Add mustard, egg yolk, salt and pepper to bowl

Whisk until yolks are pale yellow

Add 2 tbsp. of lemon juice

While whisking slowly drizzle in salad oil

Add 1 cup oil and then add remainder of lemon juice

Whisk in remaining oil until thick

Adjust seasoning

Refrigerate until ready for use

Now you have a base for many different tartar sauces 

Equipment

Large glass bowl

Rubber Spatula

Sesame Tartar Sauce

Ingredients

1 cup homemade mayo

2 tbsp. pure sesame oil  

2 tsp. sesame seeds

¼ cup sweet relish

Saffron Mayo

Ingredients

1 cup homemade mayo

1 tsp. of saffron powder

Spicy Remoulade

Ingredients

2 cups homemade mayo

8-10 gherkins chopped

2 tbsp. capers

2 tbsp. dried parsley

2 tbsp. dried chervil

2 tbsp. dried tarragon

1 tsp.  Cayenne pepper

Roasted Garlic and Thyme Tartar Sauce

Ingredients

2 cups homemade mayo

1 head roasted garlic

2 sprigs fresh thyme chopped

¼ cup sweet Indian relish

Cajun Spice Tartar Sauce

2 cups homemade mayo

4 tbsp. your favorite Cajun spice blend

¼ cup sweet Indian relish