Cheesy Caesar Salad Dressing
photo by bggio
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 romaine lettuce (whole leaves or torn in pieces)
- 59.14 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 709.77 ml French bread, cubed 1/2 inch pieces
- 2-6 large garlic cloves, peeled
- 4-8 anchovy fillets
- 4.92 ml Worcestershire sauce
- 2.46-4.92 ml dry mustard
- 29.58 ml fresh lemon juice
- 4.92 ml cider vinegar or 4.92 ml wine vinegar
- 2.46-4.92 ml fresh ground black pepper
- 4.92 ml coarse sea salt
- 2 eggs, Coddled see how to coddle eggs below
- 118.29-177.44 ml grated parmesan cheese
- 59.14 ml parmesan cheese, shaved
directions
- Bake bread cubes 8 min 325 degrees and then fry lightly in some of the olive oil and garlic, as needed. Toss until crispy and golden.
- Set aside to drain on paper towels.
- Crush the garlic cloves and salt into a paste in a large wooden salad bowl, using the back of a wooden salad serving spoon.
- Add the anchovies and do the same. Add the Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, lemon juice and pepper. Whisk in the remaining oil until thoroughly combined.
- Add the grated Parmesan cheese and whisk again until combined.
- Add the coddled eggs and whisk until blended toss.
- Add lettuce and toss until coated Top with shaved or shredded Parmesan cheese. Serve.
- * To Make Coddled Eggs: Put egg (in the shell) in saucepan of room temperature water. Bring water to a simmer and simmer 1 minute. Drain and cool egg immediately by running cool water over it. It will be soft and the white still runny.
- Adding the eggs is optional but oh so good.
- The volumes have ranges to play with your own palette.
- Reserve left over dressing as it will keep for weeks.
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Reviews
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Very good indeed, though I will make some minor changes next time. For a start, there was enough dressing for two lettuce heads. Also, I will reduce or leave out the salt, just mincing the garlic, and increase the mustard and lemon juice. I forgot about starting the coddled eggs from cold, so left them in for two minutes, which was a bit too long, as the whites were nearly cooked. Still, it all tasted fantastic! I served it with cold sliced chicken breast, which I had marinated in lemon and oil, then grilled.
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