caesar cardini salad
Long before the Caesar became all the rage, we enjoyed this salad made "Caesar Cardini" way at Bern's Steak House in Tampa. This is the real deal.
prep time
20 Min
cook time
method
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yield
Ingredients
- 3 cloves fresh garlic, peeled
- 1 can anchovies
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 bunch fresh parsley, remove stems
- 2 medium raw eggs (coddled, if preferred)
- 1 cup parmesan or romano cheese, grated
- 2/3 cup olive oil
- 1 large head of romaine, torn into pieces
- 1 medium french baguette
How To Make caesar cardini salad
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Step 1In a food processor or blender, add parsley, lemon juice, garlic gloves. Pulsate until parsley is fine.
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Step 2Add anchovies, eggs, salt and white pepper to incorporate into parsley mixture until anchovies have disappeared.
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Step 3Slowly pour olive oil into mixture while blender or food processor is on medium or high and all is incorporated. (It will look like a pesto sauce.)
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Step 4Add parmesan cheese and pulsate until well blended. Remove mixture and store in refrigerator until serving time.
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Step 5Cut off the bottom of the romaine lettuce and separate leaves. To avoid handling lettuce, float leaves in a clean sink of cold water until lettuce is clean. Remove leaves to a paper or cloth towel to drip dry.
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Step 6Rub a wooden bowl with a garlic clove. Very carefully tear leaves into pieces. (Each leaf into 3 or 4 pieces.)
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Step 7Do NOT add dressing until ready to serve. (Dressing will quickly wilt the romaine leaves so the size of the salad will reduce by one-third after adding the dressing.) With clean hands, carefully pull leaves from bottom of bowl until all pieces are coated with the dressing.
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Step 8Serve with 1/4" slices of french bread, sliced diagnoally and brushed with garlic and olive oil; then lightly toasted in the oven. No need for croutons with this recipe; the salad is simply too delicious standing alone.
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Category:
Salads
Category:
Lettuce Salads
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Tag:
#Healthy
Diet:
Vegetarian
Keyword:
#dressings
Keyword:
#Cesar
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