It was July 4th 1924. The restaurant, located in the little town of Tijuana in Baja California, had been quite for most of the day. A sudden rush into the restaurant had the kitchen staff scrambling as they were running short of their most used items. Thinking quickly, Caesar Cardini grabbed items from the kitchen, and went out to the table of a customer who ordered a salad. He tossed together the ingredients for the dressing, added the romaine lettuce and croutons, and served it up to his customers who were thoroughly delighted with his creation. This was the birth of the Caesar Salad! It does need to be noted that there are others who claim to have created this salad as well. One being Caesar’s brother Alex, and another Giacomo Junia. Personally, I am just happy that this salad dressing was invented!
There are many variations of this salad dressing, and I wanted to share with you the one that I make. The original salad was made with raw egg which was mixed with olive oil to make a mayonnaise. Instead of doing this, I just use mayonnaise. So let’s head on into the kitchen and whip this salad dressing up!
Ingredients
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 1/2 TBS Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp vinegar
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 Anchovy filets mashed up into a paste
Juice from one lemon
2 TBS mayonnaise
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
I used my dressing on my salad. I used romaine lettuce, and some chopped up radish from my garden. I topped this with leftovers from the rosemary lemon chicken. Then I topped this with shredded Parmesan.
Then I drizzle on the dressing a bit at a time to ensure that I do not saturate the salad with dressing.Don’t forget the croutons! I did, but this still tasted great!
Thanks for the background on this salad’s origin, did not know that. Your salad, and of course dressing, look great!
The story does it. I enjoy an occasional Cesar Salad.
This looks tasty.
Best,
Conor
Yum yum! Very pretty presentation as well! Z
Thank you Z!