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.
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Last modified on: November 25th 2012
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
1.8 oz cream - 2
½ hard-boiled egg - 3
1 tablespoon olive oil - 4
½ tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar - 5
¼ lemon - 6
½ teaspoon French mustard - 7
Tabasco - 8
0.5 oz Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) - 9
¼ garlic clove (optional) - 10
salt - 11
pepper - 12
½ lettuce - 13
2 slices bread - 14 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 15
parsley
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 34 min. | 3 min. | 37 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put into a blender goblet: ½ hard-boiled egg, 1 tablespoon olive oil, ½ tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar, the juice of ¼ lemon, ½ teaspoon French mustard, Tabasco to taste, 0.5 oz Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), ¼ 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 2 slices bread into small croutons. Remove the crust if you wish.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Heat 2 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.
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?
Keeping
About 2 hours in the fridge, once the dressing has been added.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 682 Kcal or 2,855 Kj | 19 gr | 73 gr | 67 gr |
| 34 % | 7 % | 7 % | 10 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 159 Kcal or 666 Kj | 5 gr | 17 gr | 16 gr |
| 8 % | 2 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 341 Kcal or 1,428 Kj | 10 gr | 36 gr | 33 gr |
| 17 % | 4 % | 3 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 2.45 €
- Per person : 1.23 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green bean purée, Stock-pot fish , Feta and spinach brik pie, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Cream and herb dressing, ... All |
 | Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Raw beetroot salad, Rice à l'italienne, Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise", Julia salad, ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Panzanella, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Fried bread with leek and poached egg , Auvergnat tartines, Montlebon toast, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken with rice and leeks, Mexican ceviche, Scallops au gratin, Gratin of beet tops and potatoes, "Land and sea" kebabs, ... All |
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