Salads Recipes - Caesar Salad Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

• 3 slices of country bread, cubed

• 1 cos lettuce, torn into pieces

• 3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese

• vegetable oil, for frying

Dressing:

• 1 garlic clove, crushed

• 4 anchovy fillets, chopped

• 4 tablespoons lemon juice

• 2 teaspoons English mustard powder

• 1 egg yolk

• 200 ml/7 fl oz olive oil

• pepper

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Method:

1. First make the dressing. Place the garlic, anchovy fillets, lemon juice, mustard and egg yolk in a small bowl and season with pepper.

2. With a hand-held blender or a small whisk, mix well until combined. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil, mixing all the time to form a thick creamy dressing; if it is too thick, add a little water.

3. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan until a small piece of bread sizzles immediately when dropped in, then fry the cubes of bread, turning them when they are golden.

4. When they are golden on all sides, drain on kitchen paper. Put the lettuce into a bowl, pour over the dressing and 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan, and mix well.

5. Serve the salad in a large bowl or on individual plates, sprinkled with croutons and the remaining Parmesan.