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Caesar salad

Ceasar salad is a classic of North American cuisine. It consists of lettuce served with croutons and the famous Caesar dressing. Here's my own version.

67,9924.4/5 for 17 ratings

Last modified on: November 25^th 2012

For 4 people, you will need:

1 100 g cream
2 1 hard-boiled egg
3 2 tablespoons olive oil
4 1 tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar
5 ½ lemon
6 1 teaspoon French mustard
7 Tabasco
8 30 g Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan)
9 ½ garlic clove (optional)
10 salt
11 pepper
12 1 lettuce
13 4 slices bread
14 3 tablespoons olive oil
15 parsley
Total weight: 645 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
34 min.	3 min.	37 min.

Keeping: About 2 hours in the fridge, once the dressing has been added.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put into a blender goblet: 1 hard-boiled egg, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar, the juice of ½ lemon, 1 teaspoon French mustard, Tabasco to taste, 30 g Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan), ½ garlic clove, salt and pepper.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Blend until evenly mixed and that's your Casar dressing prepared. Check the seasoning then set aside.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

Prepare the lettuce and shred 'en chiffonade'.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Cut 4 slices bread into small croutons. Remove the crust if you wish.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a frying pan and fry the croutons until golden brown.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Trim and chop the parsley then add to the lettuce.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Add the Caesar dressing and mix well.

Add the croutons and mix again briefly.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Finish with a few shavings of Parmesan. Your Caesar salad is ready.

Remarks

It is easy to adapt the Caesar dressing - with its many ingredients - to your own taste, so do try your own variations. It might not be the "real" recipe, but so what?

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,792 Kcal or 7,503 Kj	37 gr	143 gr	118 gr
90 %	14 %	14 %	18 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
278 Kcal or 1,164 Kj	6 gr	22 gr	18 gr
14 %	2 %	2 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
448 Kcal or 1,876 Kj	9 gr	36 gr	29 gr
22 %	4 %	3 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.86 €
Per person : 0.72 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baked leek and Camembert slices, Courgette tart with mint, Quick chicken curry, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Chocolate muffins, ... All
	Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Genoese croque-monsieur, Pesto crackers, Penne with purple artichokes, Coriander and cashew nut pesto, Broad bean salad with Parmesan, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Winemaker's toast, Croque-monsieur gourmand, Mediterranean toast, Kérinou slices, Quail egg canapés, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron braised in meat jus, Pork chops with a duo of brassicas, Tomato meat balls, Courgette tart with mint, Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, ... All

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