Caesar Salad With Roasted Garlic Dressing Recipes

Steps:

• For the croutons: Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in saute or frying pan. Once it is hot but not smoking, add the bread pieces and stir until the bread has been evenly toasted and is golden brown. Season with salt and pepper. Place the croutons in a bowl with a lining of paper towel to drain the oil. Immediately toss the cheese into the croutons, followed by the parsley. Store at room temperature.
• For the dressing: Combine the cheese, roasted garlic, vinegar, mustard, anchovies and egg yolk in a food processor. Blend until a smooth paste has been formed. If necessary, add 2 tablespoons water to ensure it is a smooth paste, and not clumpy. With the machine running, emulsify the oil into the paste in a steady stream. Add more water or vinegar as necessary, depending on how loose or acidic you prefer the dressing.
• To finish the salad: Place the lettuce leaves onto a serving platter and drizzle the dressing on top. Season with salt and pepper. Using a peeler, shave large pieces of the Pecorino cheese over the lettuces, followed by the croutons and anchovies if using.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Peel off papery outer skin from whole garlic, keeping heads in tact. Place in small casserole dish. Pour vermouth over. Drizzle 1 tablespoon oil over garlic. Season with pepper. Cover; bake until garlic is very soft and pastelike, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool garlic.
• Increase oven temperature to 350°F. Mix 2 1/2 tablespoon oil and rosemary on baking sheet. Season with pepper. Add bread cubes and turn cubes in oil mixture to coat. Bake until lightly toasted, about 15 minutes. Cool.
• Squeeze garlic to remove cloves from skins. Place in small bowl and mash with fork to form paste. Transfer paste to blender. Add fresh lemon juice, Dijon mustard, anchovy paste, Worcestershire sauce and hot pepper sauce and puree. With machine running, gradually add 1/3 cup olive oil. (Croutons and dressing can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
• Reserve outer endive leaves for another use. Tear enough inner yellow leaves into bite-size pieces to measure 3 cups. Place in large bowl. Add romaine. Pour dressing over. Toss well. Sprinkle cheese and croutons over salad. Toss gently. Season with pepper and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. To make Parmesan crisp: place 3-inch ring mold on baking sheet. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of shredded parmesan into mold. Repeat 3 more times so there are 4 separate parmesan disks. Lay out crisps on a foil covered pan. Place under broiler for 3 to 4 minutes watching carefully until Parmesan turns golden brown. Remove from broiler and let cool.
• In a blender combine Caesar dressing, roasted garlic cloves and mayonnaise. Blend on medium speed until creamy.
• In a large bowl, add romaine, 1/4 cup Parmesan and croutons. Toss with salad dressing.
• Carefully peel Parmesan crisps from foil.
• Serve on chilled plates with Parmesan crisps upright in salad.

Steps:

• In a blender beat egg white, salt, pepper and sugar till frothy (about 20-30 seconds).
• While the blender is still on open the hole in the blender lid, slowly drizzle in 1/2 of the vegetable oil (mixture will become much thicker). With blender still on slowly add the rest of the ingredients (except reserved oil). Blend until smooth. Now once again, slowly drizzle in reserved vegetable oil while blender is on. Once again, the dressing will become thicker. Pour dressing into a glass jar with at tight fitting lid.
• Refrigerate for up to 1 week.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 300.Peel off all papery outer skin from whole garlic, keeping heads intact. Place in a small covered casserole dish. Drizzle 1 tbsp olive oil. Season with pepper to taste. Cover and bake for about 1 1/2 hours, you want to bake till garlic is soft and pastelike. Cool Garlic 2.Increase oven temperture to 350. Mix 2 1/2 tbsp oil and rosemary on baking sheet. season with pepper. Add bread cubes and turn cubes in oil mixture to coat.Bake until lightly toasted, about 15 mninutes, cool 3.Squeeze garlic to remove cloves from skins. Place in a small bowl and mash with fork to form paste. Transfer paste to food processor. Add fresh lemon juice,dijon mustard, anchovy paste, worchestershire sauce and hot sauce to taste and puree. With Machine running,gradually add 1/3 cup olive oil.(croutons and dressing can be made two hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature) 4. Reserve outer endive leaves for another use.Tear enough inner yellow leaves into bite size pieces to measure 3 cups. Place in a large bowl. Add romaine. Add half of the dressing to salad, toss, adding more to the consistency you prefer. Sprinkle cheese and croutons ,toss lightly. Season with pepper( you can also use a ready made bag of chopped romaine if you prefer) NOTE: The salad is great without croutons if you are watching your carbs