Caesar is one of the most famous salads in US cuisine. The classic recipe includes succulent greens, grated Parmesan cheese and wheat bread crutons. There are also some variations with the addition of chicken breast, tomatoes or even shrimp. However, the real highlight of the dish, which gives the salad an unforgettable light and piquant taste, is the dressing, for the preparation of which you need to use fresh eggs and high-quality vegetable oil.
Caesar salad is named after its author, an American with Italian roots named Cardini, who runs a small restaurant in Tijuana. By the way, Caesar Cardini learned the special secret of cooking eggs for dressing from his mother.
Main ingredients of Caesar salad dressing
Eggs - for the traditional "Caesar", large chicken eggs (ideally homemade) are used, which should be boiled in barely boiling water for a short time (about a minute) before cooking. Do not forget to pre-prick the shell from the blunt end. However, there is an option of dressing on fully cooked yolks.
Vegetable oil - Extra virgin olive oil is generally preferred.
Worcester Sauce is a fragrant sweet and sour sauce that adds spice to the dressing. You need to add it quite a bit.
Mustard - This ingredient is not found in the classic Caesar salad, but mustard is present in many modern versions of the recipe. Mild mustard with a sweet aftertaste is ideal for zapraki.
Honey is an optional component; it is better to choose liquid in consistency.
Optionally, garlic or chopped anchovies are added to the dressing, there are also recipes using pickled gherkins and Provencal herbs.
A few useful tricks:
- If you pre-boil the eggs before cooking, do not keep them on the stove for more than one minute. At the same time, the water should barely boil - do not boil too much.
- In some dressing options, there is no Worcester sauce among the ingredients, but it is he who gives the dish that special recognizable taste.
- Before you put the garlic through a press, you can cut the clove in half and remove the green core so that the garlic flavor in the sauce will be less pungent.
- Usually about 50 g of sauce is used for one serving of salad.
- The prepared dressing should be thick enough. In the event that the sauce is too thin, you can add a little crushed cheese or mashed boiled yolk to it.
Caesar salad dressing with honey
Ingredients:
- 1 raw chicken egg
- 100 ml quality olive oil
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Worcester sauce
- 1 teaspoon of liquid honey
- 1 teaspoon sweet mustard
- salt pepper
Recipe step by step:
1. Thoroughly wash the egg, break it into a deep bowl. Add freshly squeezed lemon juice and honey. Whisk with a mixer on low speed, gently adding olive oil in a thin stream.
2. Wait for the mass to thicken and become homogeneous in structure. Add Worcester sauce, mustard, salt and pepper to taste.
3. Tear a green romano salad or lettuce with your hands and place on plates. Add sliced boiled and lightly fried chicken breast and crunchy wheat croutons. Pour over the sauce and sprinkle with finely grated Parmesan cheese. Serve the salad immediately.
Tip: you can add a little dried garlic to the ingredients of the dressing - for extra piquancy.
Caesar salad dressing with boiled egg
Ingredients:
- 2 boiled egg yolks
- 100 ml quality olive oil
- 2 teaspoons sweet mustard
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tsp 6% tablespoon vinegar
- salt pepper
Recipe in stages:
one. Mash boiled yolks with sweet mustard, add chopped garlic and stir.
2. Pour in the vinegar and lemon juice, then add the olive oil and stir well to make a smooth sauce. Season with spices to taste.
3. Tear a bunch of lettuce with your hands, place on a plate, top with slices of fried chicken fillet and crispy white bread croutons. Drizzle over the sauce and sprinkle with grated Parmesan.
Caesar salad dressing with anchovies
Ingredients:
- 1 raw chicken egg
- 40 ml vegetable oil
- 20 ml olive oil
- 0.2 tsp mustard
- 0.2 tsp Worcester sauce
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 anchovies
- salt pepper
Recipe in stages:
1. Whisk an egg into a bowl and whisk lightly, then add mustard, fresh lemon juice, olive oil and vegetable oil, Worcester sauce, chopped anchovies, and spices. Stir the sauce thoroughly until smooth.
2. Rinse the romaine lettuce leaves, dry, and then pick them into pieces with your hands. Place in a salad bowl, pour over some of the sauce and stir.
3. Divide the salad into serving bowls and sprinkle with wheat croutons and Parmesan cheese flakes on top. Place the peeled and fried shrimp, previously marinated in a mixture of equal parts honey, lemon juice and spiced olive oil, on the cheese. Drizzle with Caesar sauce and serve immediately.
Classic Caesar salad dressing
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken egg
- 50 ml olive oil
- 5 ml Worcester sauce
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/4 lemon juice
- salt pepper
Cooking step by step:
1. Thoroughly wash the egg, pierce it from the blunt side with a needle, cook for 40-50 seconds in barely boiling water. Beat the egg into a bowl and rub.
2. Peel a clove of garlic and pass through a garlic press, add to the egg and stir.
3. Add freshly squeezed lemon juice and olive oil, then Worcestershire sauce and seasonings to taste. Beat with a whisk or on a slow mixer until a thick, homogeneous mixture is obtained.
Advice: Caesar salad cannot be stored, otherwise the greens will turn sour and the croutons will become soaked. Consume the dish immediately after cooking.
In addition to the traditional Caesar salad dressings, there are several alternative recipes that also have a right to exist.
Storage for Caesar salad with mayonnaise
Ingredients:
- 200 ml homemade mayonnaise
- 20 ml soy sauce
- 1/2 lemon juice
- 2 cloves of garlic
- black and red peppers, herbs
Cooking in stages:
1. Peel and press the garlic, add homemade mayonnaise and stir.
2. Add freshly squeezed juice from half a lemon, soy sauce, season with ground pepper and Provencal herbs to taste.
3. Using a whisk, whisk the sauce until it is thick and smooth enough.
Caesar salad dressing with sour cream
Ingredients:
- 200 ml medium fat sour cream
- 60 g pickled gherkins
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 ml of liquid honey
- ground red pepper, dried herbs
Cooking in stages:
1. Chop the gherkins, peel the garlic and pass through a press. If the honey is thick, melt it to a liquid consistency.
2. In a deep bowl, combine all the ingredients of the recipe and beat them with a whisk until smooth.
Caesar salad dressing with mustard mayonnaise
Ingredients:
- 80 ml mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon sweet mustard
- 2 cloves of garlic
- salt pepper
Cooking in stages:
1. Pass the garlic through a press or chop it with a knife, after cutting the clove in half and taking out the green center (you can throw it away).
2. Stir the mayonnaise and garlic, add the mustard, lightly beat the dressing until smooth.
3. Cut or tear the washed and dried green lettuce leaves by hand, mix with boiled chicken pieces, grated Parmesan cheese and sauce. Season to taste with salt and ground pepper.
four. Place whole green lettuce leaves on a sheet of thin Armenian lavash, top with the chicken and cheese filling with sauce, roll the lavash into a roll.
5. Cut the roll into slices and serve. This interesting variant of serving Caesar salad is quite simple to perform, although in taste it resembles the classic version of the dish only remotely.
