Pear coleslaw

Ingredients   White cabbage, carrot, pear, eggs, mayonnaise: 4 eggs, lemon juice/white wine vinegar, salt, pepper, 1 pint vegetable oil

I have a confession to make... I LOATHE onions. I cannot eat them raw, they do not belong in salad or sandwiches and when I cook with them they are only ever the base of a sauce or soup for example... never an "active" ingredient. I do dearly love coleslaw though and think it is vastly improved from the acidic, randid, pungent slop once the onions are removed!

1) To make the mayonnaise: separate 4 egg yolks from the whites (discard the whites) and put in a large clean bowl to whisk (or use the whisk attachment on your blender if you have one). Add the lemon juice/vinegar, salt and pepper and whisk thoroughly, adding the oil ONE DROP at a time until the mayonnaise is thick and glossy. You don't have to use all the oil - I like it quite thick but if it's too thick you can always add a little warm water to thin it back down again.

2) Peel the carrot and slice it into matchsticks (I cut it in half, then into slices, then slice the slices into individual matchsticks.

3) Slice 3 cabbage leaves into fine strips about the length of the carrot matchsticks.

4) Peel a pear and slice the flesh from the core. Slice the fruit into matchsticks.

5) Stir mayonnaise into the carrot, pear and cabbage with a spatula and serve!