Mayonnaise

How it is used

Used as a sauce, dressing or base for other preparations.

Example sentences

1. The potato salad was dressed with lemon mayonnaise.

   The emulsion coats the salad ingredients rather than serving as cooking fat.

2. Chopped herbs changed the plain mayonnaise into a green sauce.

   Mayonnaise acts as a base that carries additional flavours.

Common collocations

• homemade mayonnaise
• herb mayonnaise

Related terms

• emulsionA smooth mixture of two liquids that do not normally mix, such as oil and water or vinegar, held together by whisking and often by egg yolk or mustard.
• whiskA tool made of loops of wire on a handle, used to beat air into eggs and cream or to mix sauces smoothly. As a verb, to whisk means to beat with this tool.

More terms: Ingredients, Stocks & Sauces

• ingredient
• season
• stock
• marinade
• mother sauce
• roux
• zest
• produce
• dry goods
• mirepoix
• bouquet garni
• sachet d'épices