Kitchen Blenders

I tried to make it but it came out thin and nasty. I did use a blender and not a Cuisinart style food processor, but otherwise followed the recipe to a t. Any other ideas about what went wrong?

Recipe:
1 large egg
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cups olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
In a food processor or blender, blend the egg, mustard, and lemon juice together for 20 seconds. With the machine running, slowly pour in the oil in the feed tube. The mixture will thicken. Season with the salt and pepper and pulse once or twice to blend.

There is a trick to making it. I would change the recipe to to two egg yolks (no whites) and only use 1 1/2 cup of oil.
The trick is to emulsify the egg yolk and mustard with the oil. After you mix the egg yolk and mustard (leave the lemon juice out till the end) put the blender on high pour in very little oil and blend until you can't see it any more, the mixture be one color, with no visible oil. Now you add a little more and repeat. You can add more and more oil each addition, but start very slowly. When it's done add the salt pepper and lemon juice and pulse it in. The trick is all in getting the emulsification started slowly in the beginning.

Try it again, you will love homemade mayo, and then you can add more mustard and some honey and get honey mustard dressing, or make dill mayo for dipping vegies in. Lots of great recipes can come from homemade mayo.

have small coffee shop need smothie maker that will last waring or vita mix ?

An intelligent spouse. No price is too high.

I am trying to decide which blender out of the following work the best, so if you own one of these can I please get your opinion. I want one that can crush ice well and makes smoothies easily because the one I have now sucks.

KitchenAid 5-Speed Stand Blender

Breville Stainless Steel IKON Blender BBL550

Cuisinart SmartPower Supreme Blender 5600C

Oster Core Digital Blender 6891-33
Ya i want the magic bullet, but the ones that I listed I can get for free from airmiles so it has to be one of those.

you should get a blendtec blender… look at all the neat things they can do…

http://www.willitblend.com/

Daughter on a health kick. Went to a Home Show and saw a blender demonstration – the Vita Mix 5200. Blended apples and seeds, strawberries with leaves, and zested oranges to a fine, delicious mix. They wanted $449 – wow! THe VM5200 has a 2 horsepower (15 amp) motor. Will a decent 3.0 amp mixer do the same for $300 less?

I actually own the Vita-Mix5200! Funny I found your question because I just finished using it…I use it on a daily basis for my protein shakes post-workout.

I have owned it for 2 years now and still works the same as the day I bought it. It was worth every penny of $450. I used to swear by Kitchenaid Blenders but the coupler or motor would burn out on them after only about 4-5 months since I use my blenders to crush ice in my shakes.

Spend the extra bucks and INVEST in a vita-mix…it may cost alot now but ultimately it's superior to consumer brand blenders and will save you money!!!!!

Anyone own one? I have seen the Black & Decker ($50) and the one from Cuisinart ($80). I am looking for comments or feedback from either.

YES… I have one… they are made by OSTER, and I bought it about a month ago when Wal-Mart had them on sale for $37 and I LOVE it. I have a full sized Cuisinart and I like that small bowl on the Oster so much more that I never use the big food processor any more for other than large amounts.