Reply With QuoteMaking your own salad dressing is not hard. Make a couple portions at a time. It is super cheap, and you know exactly what is going in it.
Try the cranberries. It doesn't seem like it would work, but it really does. I also like slices of tart green apple.
Making your own salad dressing is not hard. Make a couple portions at a time. It is super cheap, and you know exactly what is going in it.
oil + red wine, balsamic, or rice wine vinagar + whisked egg or mustard as a binder + salt and pepper = vinagrette.
Yes you can buy a Dijon Vinagrette, but you can yield more making it yourself.
fyi: this was a basic recipe. You can add garlic, raspberries, walnuts, etc to it.
remember though its 3 parts oil to 1 part vinagar.
Last edited by Advocate; 06 Sep 2011 at 11:54 PM.
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It's all about balancing the tastes. Sweet (cheese and fruits), sour (vinegar cranberries), bitter (greens), salt (uh.. salt). Let's leave out astringent and unctuous so as to not confuse you.
Then take into account texture.
Then mouth-feel.
The rabbit hole is as deep as you want it.
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Mustard is the standard emulsifier in vinaigrette.
I made it with egg yolk when I made a raspberry and walnut vinaigrette. The mustard would have overpowered the raspberries.
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I'll just buy the shit. My time is money. But when I do have free time I'll dabble.
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And remember, nothing is wrong as far as taste goes. If you like it and have a technique for getting there, it's fine. We may be able to help you do it more efficiently, faster, or with better results, but always be fucking around with stuff. I don't think I've ever followed a recipe to the letter in my entire life.
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That's all I do! It's the reason why I can cook fairly well. I leave cooking to the pros and do some mildly okay cooking to impress women since many, many women in NYC don't know how to cook and are used to going to restaurants every night. I'll need some healthier recipes later on since Josh is riding my ass about not being a fat old man.
I do it because I care.
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