This week on Basics, we’re taking a look at salad. Salad can be a robust, radiant, and reliable side dish or main course. I’ll show you how to make caesar salad, panzanella, and a wedge salad.

Recipe: https://basicswithbabish.co/basicsepisodes/salad-nb7s3-3jkft

Ingredients & Grocery List:
+ Panzanella:
Ciabatta, cut into bite sized pieces
Olive oil
Black pepper and kosher salt
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1 medium cucumber, cut into bite sized pieces
Half red onion, cut into bite sized pieces
6 small balls mozzarella, halved (ciliengini)
Handful of fresh basil, julienned (plus additional for garnish)
White wine vinegar
Lemons, juiced
Dijon mustard
1 small shallot
1 clove garlic

+ Wedge Salad:
4 slices bacon, fried crisp
3-4 Tbsp buttermilk
1-2 Tbsp sour cream
1/4 cup full-fat mayo
2 tsp white wine vinegar
1-2 cloves grated garlic
Black pepper and kosher salt
High quality blue cheese, crumbled (to taste)
1 head iceberg lettuce
Chives, chopped
Cherry tomatoes, halved

+ Caesar Salad:
1 egg
1 bunch romaine lettuce, cut into bite sized pieces and washed
Ciabatta, cut into bite sized pieces
Olive oil
Black pepper and kosher salt
Garlic powder
1 clove garlic
1 ounce freshly grated parmesan cheese (plus more for garnish)
Half a lemon, juiced
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp dijon mustard

Special Equipment:
Salad tossers (optional)
Mortar and pestle

Music:
“Yes I Can”, “Chill Master” by Blue Wednesday

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21 Comments

  1. The anchovies might not have been original, but I don't think I could make a Caesar without them.

  2. I suppose the panzanella you did is a restaurant fancy version, but it is far, far different from the one we do at home in Italy, which is mostly used to reuse stale bread

  3. What's with the audio quality on this one? Sounds like you recorded the voiceover with your phone an inch from your face

  4. Technically there was anchovies in the original Caesar salad dressing. Worcestershire sauce is one of the main ingredients and that is made from fermented anchovies.

  5. I must complement Babish for sticking to the original recipe for Caesar salad. The panzanella looks nice, and the wedge salad looks; I'm going to be honest, bacon on a salad ruins a salad for me and sound gross, I just can't. Other than that little bit, a very fine episode indeed.

  6. I just want a homemade dressing episode from you… ranch, thousand island, blue cheese, all the classics. Would be awesome.

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