Mayonnaise

[Guest Kathy Ann]

Anyone EVER found a recipe for gluten free mayonnaise that doesn't use eggs, soy, almonds, corn or dairy and actually TASTES like real mayonnaise? Is it just impossible? Tried the cashew one and it's so-so. Nice taste, but nothing like mayo.

[lorka150]

i know some people can have soy in small amounts (like lethicin or protein, as opposed to 'soy beans')... can you?

[Guest Kathy Ann]

I'm a new celiac and not well yet. I just really miss mayonnaise to use in Tuna and on sandwiches. It would be so nice to be able to concoct one.

[lorka150]

i emailed my sister (who is a chef), and looked throuhg some things i have written down and have some ideas (but i cannot vouch for them... please let me konw though, if you do try them and they work)

first recipe:

1 tbsp ground flax

3 tbsp water

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. sugar

1 tsp. ground mustard

1/4 tsp. cayenne

1 1/4 c. oil

3-4 tbsp. lemon juice

combine flax + water, heat (in microwave), then cool. Combine all ingredients (except lemon juice and oiL)in a food processor/blender, slowly adding the oil, stopping to add lemon juice, then rest of oil

recipe 2:

3 tbsp. lemon juice

1 c. soy milk [i would think maybe you could use any milk at all... why don't you make another legume milk, or a nut milk? something thicker, perhaps... coconut milk, even?]

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. paprika

1/4 tsp. mustard

6 tbsp. oil

same directions pretty much... all ingredients sans oil, then add in slowly

i hope that helps!

[Guest Kathy Ann]

Hey! Thanks a lot. A real chef. I'll try them! I wonder if I could go ahead and use apple cider vinegar instead of the lemon juice to get a more serious mayo taste?

[burdee]

I also have gluten, dairy, soy and egg allergies (as well as cane sugar). So I really appreciated those mayonnaise recipes using simple ingredients which I already have in my pantry. THANKS A BUNCH!!

BURDEE

[mouse]

I have been making my own mayo, on and off for years. I add 2 eggs (room temp), 2 TB lemon juice, 1/4 tsp sea salt. Beat all three for one minute at high speed. Then very slowly add the 1 1/4 cup of canola oil. Beat until you reach the desired consistency. Store in a covered glass dish for a week or so - in the frig.

I don't know what can be substituted for the eggs.

[lorka150]

hope that helps! i don't see why not about the vinegar - esp. apple cider. have fun!

[eKatherine]

Anyone EVER found a recipe for gluten free mayonnaise that doesn't use eggs, soy, almonds, corn or dairy and actually TASTES like real mayonnaise? Is it just impossible? Tried the cashew one and it's so-so. Nice taste, but nothing like mayo.

What you are looking for is to recreate the texture of mayonnaise using some sort of liquid and starch, and adjusting the taste with vinegar, etc. Unfortunately, the flavor of true mayonnaise comes from egg and oil.