Lowney's Cook Book / Illustrated in Colors

by Maria Willett Howard

CHAPTER XI
SALADS

SALAD DRESSING

Mayonnaise Dressing No. 1

Success in making a Mayonnaise Dressing generally depends upon all the ingredients being of the same temperature.

• 2 egg yolks
  1 teaspoon salt
  ¼ teaspoon cayenne
  1 teaspoon mustard
  1 tablespoon vinegar
  1 tablespoon lemon juice
  1 cup olive oil
  ¼ teaspoon paprika

Mix salt, cayenne, mustard and paprika. Beat yolks well, and add to seasonings; beat until mixture is thick, adding olive oil, drop by drop, for the first four tablespoons, then more rapidly until oil is used, thinning as needed with lemon juice and vinegar.

Mayonnaise Dressing No. 2

• yolks of two hard-cooked eggs
  1 teaspoon salt
  1 teaspoon mustard
  1½ cups olive oil
  ¼ teaspoon paprika
  few grains cayenne
  1 tablespoon vinegar
  1 tablespoon lemon juice
  1 raw egg yolk

Mash hard-cooked yolks; add raw yolk, salt, mustard, paprika and cayenne. Stir until well blended; beat while adding four tablespoons oil, drop by drop, then the remainder by teaspoonfuls, thinning by adding lemon juice and vinegar as the mixture becomes too thick to handle.