Caesar Salad Dressing
Published June 26, 2024

- Total Time
- 15 minutes
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 10 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2garlic cloves
- 4oil-packed anchovies, drained
- 1cup mayonnaise
- ½tablespoon Dijon mustard
- ½tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ¼cup lemon juice (from 1 to 2 lemons), plus more to taste
- ¼cup finely grated Parmesan
- Salt and black pepper
Preparation
- Step 1
Finely mince the garlic cloves. Mince the anchovies: Stack them on top of each other and run your knife down lengthwise, then bunch them up and chop again. Repeat this process until the anchovies are a slightly chunky paste.
- Step 2
Add the garlic and anchovies to a medium bowl, and follow with mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, Parmesan and 2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper. Whisk well, then taste and add salt or lemon juice as desired. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to four days.
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Anchovies are not something I use every day in my kitchen, so opening up a tin to get the four fillets called for in this recipe would pose the problem of what to do with the rest. Anchovy paste in a tube to the rescue! Two teaspoons of anchovy paste can be substituted for the four minced fillets (per America's Test Kitchen), and the rest of the tube can be capped and stored in the refrigerator where it will keep for months (per Bon Appetit).
Add 1tsp red wine vinegar and a tablespoon of olive oil. It makes a world of difference.
Roughly chop the garlic cloves and anchovies. Put dressing ingredients into immersion blender mixing container and blitz till smooth. If raw garlic is too 'explosive' in your gut, double the amount of garlic, but put it into a microwave-proof custard cup, barely cover with water, and zap for 40-60 seconds until it just starts to look translucent. It will have a milder flavor, and not be so hard to digest.
For vegan options, try subbing anchovy with Capers White miso Olives
Let the minced garlic sit for 15 minutes in a bit of the lemon juice; it takes the bite out of the raw garlic without changing the flavor profile.
2 tsp. Anchovy paste. Red wine vinegar + olive oil. grind anchoview & olive oil.
