Learn how a chef makes perfect caesar salad dressing every time. It’s a perfect recipe for beginners, and always comes out amazing.
Ingredients
For the Caesar Dressing
* 1 garlic clove
* 2 anchovy fillets
* ½ spoon Dijon mustard
* 2 egg yolks
* Extra virgin olive oil
* Neutral oil (avocado oil used here)
* Worcestershire sauce
* Fresh lemon juice
* Parmigiano Reggiano, finely grated
* Salt
* Fresh cracked black pepper
For the Salad
* Romaine lettuce, cut into bite-size pieces
* Croutons (homemade)
* Crispy bacon (optional but highly encouraged)
* Extra Parmigiano Reggiano for finishing
🥄 How to Make the Caesar Dressing
1. Smash the garlic clove, peel it, and place it into a mortar.
2. Add anchovies and grind into a smooth paste using the pestle.
3. Add Dijon mustard and mix thoroughly.
4. Add the egg yolks and work everything together until smooth.
5. Slowly drizzle in oil while mixing continuously to emulsify.
* Use a mix of olive oil and neutral oil to avoid overpowering bitterness.
6. Continue mixing until thick and creamy — essentially a Caesar-style mayonnaise.
7. Season with salt, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, Parmigiano, and black pepper.
8. Taste and adjust acidity or seasoning as needed.
🥖 Homemade Croutons
1. Cut baguette or country-style bread into chunks.
2. Heat olive oil in a pan with a whole garlic clove.
3. Toast bread until golden and crunchy.
4. Remove garlic clove once oil is perfumed.
4 Comments
Simply done with quality ingredients ❤.
The mustard is not an emulsifier between the egg and the oil, egg itself is the main emulsifier of water and oil in the recipe.
Mustard is an emulsifier but the egg is a far more powerful emulsifier in this situation and the mustard adds nothing flavor here
The egg (or the lecithin and protein component of the egg) is the emulsifier. The mustard and garlic even are to a lesser degree yes, but in that case even the lemon juice is helping (by denaturing the proteins and helping them bind the oil droplets).
Since mustard isn’t even in a classic Caesar salad, I’d suggest skipping it 🙂