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Caesar salad

Name: Caesar salad
Prep time: 34 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 g cream; 1 hard-boiled egg; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon white (spirit) vinegar; ½ lemon; 1 teaspoon mustard; Tabasco; 30 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano); ½ garlic clove; Salt; Pepper; 1 lettuce; 4 slices bread; 3 tablespoons olive oil; Parsley

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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Duration

38 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 27^th 2026

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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 mustard
7 Tabasco
8 30 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
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: 835 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

35 min.

Cooking

3 min.

All in all

38 min.

Preparation 35 min.

Cooking 3 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 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 mustard, Tabasco to taste, 30 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), ½ garlic clove, salt and pepper.

Step 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

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

Step 3 - ⌛ 15 min.

Prepare the lettuce and shred 'en chiffonade'.

Step 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

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

Step 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

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

Step 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Trim and chop the parsley then add to the lettuce.

Step 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

Add the Caesar dressing and mix well.

Add the croutons and mix again briefly.

Step 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: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=7 %	13 g RDI=5 %	14 g RDI=19 %	196 kcal RDI=10 %	820 kJ RDI=10 %
Per person	9 g RDI=14 %	28 g RDI=11 %	29 g RDI=39 %	408 kcal RDI=20 %	1,709 kJ RDI=20 %
Whole recipe	37 g RDI=58 %	112 g RDI=42 %	115 g RDI=157 %	1,632 kcal RDI=82 %	6,835 kJ RDI=82 %