Caesar salad
Homemade Caesar salad: crisp lettuce, golden croutons, parmesan shavings and a creamy dressing with lemon, capers and garlic.
saladsummerquick
- Prep20 min
- Cook5 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Budget€
Caesar salad is my favorite summer salad. It all comes down to the dressing, nicely punchy, and to homemade croutons, far better than store-bought ones.
Ingredients
Makes 4 people
For the salad
For the dressing
Method
- Cut the bread into cubes and fry them in a pan with the 2 tablespoons of oil for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring often, until golden. Drain the croutons on paper towels.
- For the dressing, put the egg, the peeled garlic, the mustard, the capers, the lemon juice and the Tabasco in a blender bowl. Blend for a few seconds.
- With the blender still running, pour in the oil in a thin stream: the dressing thickens like a light mayonnaise.
- Add the grated parmesan, blend for a moment more, then season with salt and pepper. Taste and add a little more lemon if needed.
- Wash the lettuce leaves and dry them carefully, then cut the largest ones in half.
- Just before serving, toss the salad with the dressing, add the croutons and scatter over the parmesan shavings.
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