How Do You Make A Delicious Vegan Mayonnaise?

Vegan mayonnaise is made exclusively with plant-based ingredients. This means that we use other elements such as alternative milks instead of eggs or regular milk. Discover a recipe for delicious vegan mayonnaise in this article!

It is fairly easy to make mayonnaise. There are also multiple recipes available that use different ingredients. Each recipe explains how to make a mayonnaise that is a little different in texture and composition. But they are all one hundred percent natural.

Vegan mayonnaise with soy milk and olive oil

This mayonnaise is a light and smooth recipe. You can use it immediately after preparation. It’s a great choice to pair with salads or spread on a sandwich.

Ingredients

• 1/2 finely chopped garlic clove
• 1 cup olive oil
• 5 ml lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
• 1/2 cup soy milk or almond milk
• a pinch of salt
• a little ground mustard seed or 1/2 teaspoon mustard to taste

Preparation

• Place the soy milk and lemon juice in a blender. Then mix it for thirty seconds.
• While mixing, slowly add the oil until the mixture thickens.
• Then add the salt and parsley and mix well.
• Taste and add spices to taste.

• Remember that you can add spices of your choice: chili, paprika, black pepper.

Vegan mayonnaise with potatoes

This is a light mayonnaise. But still it is heavier than the previous recipe. That’s because we use potatoes as the main ingredient. Potatoes give this variant a much stronger taste.

Ingredients

• sunflower oil
• Black pepper
• Salt to taste
• Oregano
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 large potato
• Water of your preference (this depends on whether you want a more liquid or thicker result)

Preparation

• Peel the potato and boil it in some water.
• Once it is cooked, crush it to a puree.
• Then add the garlic clove, oregano, black pepper and a pinch of salt.
• Leave it on a low heat and slowly add the olive oil.
• When the mixture has a fixed composition, stop adding oil. But now add water in the same way, slowly.
• Remember to whisk the mixture for five seconds at a time until it is smooth and fluffy.
• Then add lemon juice to taste. Do this carefully so as not to add too much juice. Because this can cause the mixture to clump (this is exactly what happens when you make traditional mayonnaise).

• You can add coriander, basil, parsley. This is how you create delicious personal flavors.

Some tips to make delicious vegan mayonnaise

• Hand mixers and glass jars are the best material for these recipes.
• You can use a fixed mixer or a food processor. But for smaller quantities it is better to use a hand mixer.
• Use unsweetened soy milk with no added flavors (so avoid the milks with vanilla, chocolate, etc.).
• Choose sunflower oil or other oil with a neutral taste.

• Olive oil has a strong and spicy taste. Keep that in mind. If you want to use olive oil, do so in small amounts.
• Make sure the ingredients are at room temperature when you make the mayonnaise.
• Be sparing with salt and garlic. If you don’t think it’s enough, you can always add a little more until the mayonnaise has the right taste.
• Store the mayonnaise in the refrigerator. We also recommend that you use it within a few days.

Why does vegan mayonnaise clump?

Here are some possible causes:

• You whisk the mixture and stop several times.
• The temperatures are too cold or too hot.
• You are using too much oil (this is the most common mistake).

• Excessive speed when mixing.
• Instead of thickening, the mixture becomes more liquid and translucent as it mixes.

You can vary with this recipe

With this basic recipe for a delicious vegan mayonnaise, we can invent fun flavors and colors. We just need to add some elements.

• If you want a purple or pink color, mix a piece of cooked beetroot with the mayonnaise.
• For a green hue, use cooked spinach. The result is green with a soft taste.

• If you want a vegetable tartar sauce, you can add the following ingredients to the mixture: capers, gherkins and onion.
• And if you want a pink-red color, all you have to do is mix a little ketchup into the mayonnaise.

What’s the best way to use this delicious vegan mayonnaise?

• Instead of oil and vinegar over a salad.
• With sandwiches and burgers.
• As a side dish with snacks such as omelettes, croquettes and snacks.
• A sauce with vegetables or other fried dishes.
• As pizza sauce (instead of tomato sauce).

Making your own mayonnaise gives you the opportunity to create personal recipes. You can also enjoy a wide variety of natural and healthy foods that way.