Creamy, inviting, delicious: mayonnaise is one of the most loved and widespread sauces in the world. So much so that supermarket shelves are full of it and it has become customary to buy it. Preparing it at home, however, is not difficult at all. By following our recipe-tutorial you won’t go wrong.

Is mayonnaise French or Spanish?

Although most attribute the paternity of mayonnaise to the French, the first written document of the mayonnaise recipe is found in the Spanish manuscript Art de la Cuina, the free Menorcan cuisine of the s. XVIII by Fra Francesco Roger, a Franciscan friar of the Real Monasterio de Santa Clara. Not only that, according to some theories his birth occurred during the Carthaginian rule in Spain with reference to the geographical area of ​​the island of Minorca. Another hypothesis is that mayonnaise was born in the French city of Bayonne and mayonnaise it would be a modification of bayonnaisebut there are still many various theories that have emerged over the centuries.

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