Once you’ve learned to make mayonnaise (see link below), you’ll be able to make the best Mississippi come back sauce, a southern classic. If you’re a fan of sauce Marie Rosé, Thousand Island dressing or Cajun remoulade, you’ll love this creamy, piquant, slightly spicy sauce. Come back sauce was created as the house dressing in a Mississippi restaurant. It’s great as a salad dressing and a perfect dipping sauce with anything fried (like hush puppies and southern fried chicken). It’s so good it’ll ensure your dinner guests come back for more! Mississippi come back sauce is even better the day after it’s made as the flavours have time to marry; and it keeps for a week in the fridge. My come back sauce recipe is quite restrained in the heat department, so feel free to punch up the chilli level with some extra cayenne, Tabasco or other hot sauce.

Makes about ¾ cup

Ingredients
  • ½ cup whole egg mayonnaise (150g/5⅓oz)
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (20ml)
  • 2 teaspoons strained lemon juice (10ml)
  • 2 teaspoons tomato paste (12g/½oz)
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (10ml)
  • 1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard (5g/⅕oz)
  • 1 golden shallot, finely chopped
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • Pinch ground cayenne pepper, more or less to taste
  • Pinch garlic powder
  • Salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Method
  1. Place all ingredients in a food processor and blitz to combine well.
  2. Cover come back sauce and refrigerate for at least an hour, ideally overnight.

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