====== French Mayonnaise ======

===== INGREDIENTS =====

  * 500 ml sunflower oil or 500 ml olive oil
  * 4 egg yolks
  * 3 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  * 1 lemon, juice of
  * 1 garlic clove, crushed (optional)
  * 1 teaspoon salt
  * fresh ground black pepper

===== DIRECTIONS =====

  * Take a tall measuring jug or a tall glass container.
  * Put the egg yolks, Dijon mustard, garlic if using, salt & pepper in the jug.
  * Mix them together.
  * Pour in the oil.
  * Using a hand blender - plunge it all the way to the bottom and then turn it on.
  * Then very slowly pull it up towards the top of the jug, you will see the mixture turning into mayonnaise as you pull it up.
  * Add the lemon juice as soon as your mixture has turned into mayonnaise.
  * Blitz it again with the hand blender, taste & season again if you wish.
  * Store in a jam jar for up to a week in the fridge.