Katie from Other People’s Food won the 11th round of HHDH, an event created by Barbara, with Le Kit Cat. This month’s theme is Caesar Salad I can’t remember if I ever had a Caesar Salad. The story behind this salad is very interesting. I was very excited to find Cardini Casaer Dressing in our local supermarket. This dressing is manufactured in the UK for a company in Columbus Ohio and imported to Germany by a company in Greven. I bought the low fat version …
… and decided to participate the HHDH #12 beside the competition true to the motto: to play the game and not to win using a convenience product ;-)
Caesar salad with herbed croutons
I found this version delicious and I’m sure I never had a Caesar Salad until today . I used this recipe as the idea for my creation.
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| Title: | Caesar Salad with Herbed Croutons |
| Categories: | Salad |
| Yield: | 6 to 8 Servings. |
Ingredients
| H | FOR DRESSING | ||
| 1/2 | cup | Freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about 1 1/2 | |
| — ounces) | |||
| 8 | Anchovy fillets | ||
| 3 | tablesp. | Fresh lemon juice | |
| 3 | Garlic cloves | ||
| 2 | tablesp. | Dijon mustard | |
| 3/4 | cup | Olive oil | |
| H | FOR CROUTONS AND SALAD | ||
| 3 | tablesp. | Olive oil | |
| 4 | Garlic cloves, minced | ||
| 2 | teasp. | Chopped fresh thyme | |
| 1 | teasp. | Chopped fresh rosemary | |
| 3 3/4 | -inch-thick country bread slices, crusts cut off, | ||
| — bread cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 4 cups | |||
| — total) | |||
| 12 | cups | Coarsely torn hearts of romaine (about 9 ounces) | |
| 1/2 | cup | Freshly grated Parmesan cheese | |
| Cracked black pepper | |||
Source
| Bon Appétit, July 2001 | |
| Gaucho Room at Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Miami Beach, FL | |
| R.S.V.P. |
| Edited *RK* 05/25/2007 by | |
| Ulrike Westphal |
Directions
Make dressing:
Combine 1/2 cup Parmesan, anchovies, lemon juice, 3 garlic cloves, and mustard in processor; blend well. With processor running, slowly add olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
Make croutons and salad:
Preheat oven to 163C/325°F. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add garlic, thyme and rosemary; saut? until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add bread cubes to skillet with garlic-herb oil and toss to coat. Spread out bread cubes on rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake just until croutons are golden, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
Place romaine in large bowl. Add 2/3 cup dressing and 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese and toss to coat. Add croutons and toss well. Serve, passing remaining dressing, Parmesan cheese and cracked black pepper separately.
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My Favorite!
This is my very favorite Caesar Salad dressing. I buy the full fat kind, but it’s so flavorful that I find you don’t need much. I’m not sure if we have low fat here. I’ve seen fat free, but the fat free one is full of sugar.
Thyme for Cooking
Mon mari makes the Caesar salads in our house – his specialty. He has never used commercial dressing … and his definition of a ‘goog’ salad is when one break out in a sweat half way through eating it!
His recipe is from Joy of Cooking
Das weltbeste Salatdressing aller Zeiten. Ich kenne es noch aus den USA, dort stand es jeden Abend in einer Liter-Flasche (zumindest kam’s mir so vor) auf dem Tisch!
Not sure if I pushed the right button to leave my comment so I’ll leave it again. I’d eat Caesar Salad more often if I could buy a dressing as good. Thanks for joining HHDD.