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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

40 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 25^th 2012

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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: 840 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

35 min.

Cooking

3 min.

All in all

40 min.

Preparation 35 min.

Cooking 3 min.

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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 mustard, Tabasco to taste, 30 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), 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?

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

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	36 g RDI=57 %	275 g RDI=104 %	19 g RDI=26 %	202 kcal RDI=10 %	848 kJ RDI=10 %
Per person	77 g RDI=119 %	578 g RDI=218 %	40 g RDI=55 %	425 kcal RDI=21 %	1,781 kJ RDI=21 %
Whole recipe	309 g RDI=477 %	2,313 g RDI=873 %	161 g RDI=221 %	1,702 kcal RDI=85 %	7,126 kJ RDI=85 %