Caesar Salad
A very flavorful traditional recipe! Easy to make and very fresh.
Servings: 4 salads
Ingredients
Caesar Dressing
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/8 cup vinegar, red wine or apple cider
- 1/4 cup lime juice, fresh
- ? anchovy paste (or Vietnamese fish sauce) to taste
- 1 egg yolk stirred
- 1 TB worchestershire sauce
Caesar Salad
- 1 sm head Romain lettuce washed, dried & torn into bite-size pieces
- 1 cup croutons
- ? ground black pepper to taste
- 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese finely grated
Instructions
- Mix all dressing ingredients together in a jar and put in the fridge to thicken and flavors meld. Can be made days before.
Salad
- Place lettuce in bottom of a large bowl. This can be covered with a damp paper towel and kept in the refrigerator until serving time.
- Remove dressing from fridge about 15 minutes ahead of time to soften (olive oil gets thick in the fridge).
- Just before serving, remove lettuce from fridge and add parmesan, croutons and ground pepper. Shake dressing well, pour about 1/4 over salad ingredients, and toss.
- Store leftover dressing in the fridge.