To this day survived several plausible legends about the origin of mayonnaise.All of them are associated with turbulent history of the XVIII century.In the Mediterranean Sea lies the island of Menorca.Its capital - ancient town of Mahon (or Mayon).In the XVIII century for the land of plenty were continuous wars among European rulers.In the midst of the battle and began the history of mayonnaise sauce.
first, in 1757, Mahon captured the French, led by the Duc de Richelieu.Soon the city was besieged by the British.Richelieu was going to hold the position even under pain of death by starvation.And with the products in the besieged city was intense - there were only olive oil and eggs.A lot of it is possible to prepare from this set?When the French garrison, and Richelieu himself could not have been looking at the omelets and scrambled eggs, chef Duke showed ingenuity: he carefully rubbed the egg yolks with the sugar and salt and mix all with olive oil.Richelieu and his soldiers were delighted.So there was a wonderful sauce, named for the besieged city - "maonskim sauce" or "mayonnaise."
Another version of the origin of mayonnaise, too, tells us about the events in Mahon, this time in 1782.City then won the Spaniards, commanded by a Frenchman in the Spanish service, Duke Louis de Crillon.At this time, the cause of the invention, the sauce was not the scarcity of food, and its abundance.I was given a great feast in honor of the victory, and the Duke ordered the cooks to prepare something "very special".And then he came to the dinner tables of unprecedented sauce, made with the finest Provencal olive oil, eggs and lemon juice with the addition of red pepper.Great seasoning won since worldwide fame under the name of "Provencal sauce Mahon", or simply in French «mayonnaise».
There are quite a different theory.She says that mayonnaise appeared not in Mahon, it has even deeper roots!Imagine - experts tell us cooking - is in their right mind would take just butter and eggs, and will whisk and mix them, not even imagining what unexpected result he will succeed in the end?No, whoever is the chef in the city of Mahon, he probably relied on someone else's experience and knew what to do.
Indeed, it turns out that mayonnaise was the direct ancestor - a sharp Spanish sauce "ali-oli" in Spanish - "garlic-and-butter."It was a cool mixture of garlic, eggs and sunflower oil.Residents of Southern Europe knew and loved "ali-oli" from time immemorial.About a strange seasoning also wrote the Roman poet Virgil.Under the name "aoli" this sauce survives to this day.
A French nobles in the XVIII century just unveiled an ancient recipe and gave it a French name.Since then, the wonderful sauce has become firmly established in the menu of European aristocrats.
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