Recipe: Tasty Homemade Caesar Dressing

Homemade Caesar Dressing. This Caesar salad dressing is always a hit! For extra presentation serve with croutons, cubes of avocado flesh, and grated Parmesan cheese. What is Caesar dressing made of?

Add a dash of water and whisk, adjusting with more water if needed, until dressing is the consistency of heavy cream. Add anchovy mixture and Parmesan and whisk until smooth. How To Make Caesar Salad Dressing Begin by whisking together the garlic, anchovy paste, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, and Worcestershire sauce. You can cook Homemade Caesar Dressing using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Homemade Caesar Dressing

1. It's TBS. of anchovy paste.
2. It's 1 of large clove of garlic, minced.
3. You need Tsp. of salt.
4. You need 3/4 tsp. of black pepper.
5. You need 1 of egg yolk from a large egg.
6. Prepare 2 TBS. of lemon juice.
7. You need Tsp. of Dijon mustard.
8. It's 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
9. You need 1 handful of grated Parmesan cheese.
10. It's 2 tsp. of Worcestershire sauce.
11. Prepare 1 splash of hot sauce (to your liking).

Next, whisk in the mayonnaise, Parmigiano-Reggiano, salt, and pepper. That's all there is to it. Classic Caesar dressing is made of olive oil, anchovy, garlic, Parmesan cheese, and egg yolk. Its thick, creamy texture is a result of a process known as "emulsifying" (a.k.a. thickening).

Homemade Caesar Dressing step by step

1. Mince the garlic and add to bowl..
2. Add anchovy paste..
3. Add salt, pepper and egg yolk..
4. Add lemon juice and Dijon mustard..
5. Add vegetable oil, Parmesan cheese, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce and whisk until creamy..
6. Refrigerate until needed..

To be successful, the egg yolk needs to be blended with the other ingredients in a particular, carefully-timed way. It can be tricky and tedious. Our family loves this dressing, sometimes store bought caesar dressing just doesn't have the 'zing' and fresh taste you want. Traditionally, caesar salad dressing is made with olive oil, egg yolk, Worcestershire sauce, lemon, mustard, garlic and pepper. To keep this dressing as easy to make as possible (as well as eliminating any risk that goes with raw eggs), I chose to make mine with mayonnaise and sour cream.