Mayonnaise (Mrs. Fleming's Recipe)

Ingredients

• 2 Eggs
• Lucca Oil
• 2 tablespoonfuls Vinegar
• 1 teaspoonful Salt
• 1 teaspoonful Mustard
• Cayenne
• 1 teaspoonful Sugar
• 2 tablespoonfuls Cream
• 1 dessertspoonful Oil
• 1 tablespoonful Vinegar
• 1 teaspoonful Onions
• Parsley
• Pepper
• Cold Chicken
• Lettuce
• Beetroot
• Hard-boiled Eggs
• Olives
• Anchovies
• Capers

Instructions

1. Beat the yolks of two eggs well.
2. Add gradually drop by drop Lucca oil, until it is worked into a stiff ball.
3. Gradually add the vinegar, salt, mustard, and cayenne, until the sauce is thin enough to pour over the meat with the consistency of cream.
4. At the last moment before pouring, add two tablespoonfuls of cold cream to the mayonnaise.
5. Remove all the meat from the bones and put into a pie-dish.
6. Pour over the meat about a dessertspoonful of oil, a tablespoonful of vinegar, a teaspoonful of chopped onions, and some parsley, pepper, and salt.
7. Leave the meat to marinate for half an hour.
8. Remove the meat from the marinating liquid.
9. Put alternate layers of meat, lettuce, and beetroot on a dish, pouring the mayonnaise mixture over each layer.
10. Garnish with hard-boiled eggs, olives, and anchovies, and add a few capers if desired.