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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.

71,1964.2/5 for 18 ratings

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Last modified on: November 25^th 2012

For 2 people, you will need:

0 50 g cream
1 ½ hard-boiled egg
2 1 tablespoon olive oil
3 ½ tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar
4 ¼ lemon
5 ½ teaspoon French mustard
6 Tabasco
7 15 g Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan)
8 ¼ garlic clove (optional)
9 salt
10 pepper
11 ½ lettuce
12 2 slices bread
13 2 tablespoons olive oil
14 parsley
Total weight: 330 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.

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Keeping:

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

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, 15 g Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan), 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.

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
671 Kcal or 2,809 Kj	18 gr	72 gr	66 gr
34 %	7 %	7 %	10 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
203 Kcal or 850 Kj	6 gr	22 gr	20 gr
10 %	2 %	2 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
335 Kcal or 1,403 Kj	9 gr	36 gr	33 gr
17 %	4 %	3 %	5 %

% 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 2 people : 1.47 €
Per person : 0.74 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pasta with green asparagus, Quick prawn curry, Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Quartet of brassicas with cream , ... All
	Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Green asparagus omelette, Pea risotto "mantecare", Gratin of purple artichokes, Pesto, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Summery cheese on toast, Baked leek and Camembert slices, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Montlebon toast, Winemaker's toast, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Provençal braised carrots, Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, Dipping bread with cheese, ... All

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