Caesar Cardini Salad
By
Leslie Coleman
@zeeteca
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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.
Ingredients
- 3 clove
- fresh garlic, peeled
- 1 can(s)
- anchovies
- 2 Tbsp
- fresh lemon juice
- 1 bunch
- fresh parsley, remove stems
- 2 medium
- raw eggs (coddled, if preferred)
- 1 c
- parmesan or romano cheese, grated
- 2/3 c
- olive oil
- 1 large
- head of romaine, torn into pieces
- 1 medium
- french baguette
How to Make Caesar Cardini Salad
- 1In a food processor or blender, add parsley, lemon juice, garlic gloves. Pulsate until parsley is fine.
- 2Add anchovies, eggs, salt and white pepper to incorporate into parsley mixture until anchovies have disappeared.
- 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.)
- 4Add parmesan cheese and pulsate until well blended. Remove mixture and store in refrigerator until serving time.
- 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.
- 6Rub a wooden bowl with a garlic clove. Very carefully tear leaves into pieces. (Each leaf into 3 or 4 pieces.)
- 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.
- 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.
About Caesar Cardini Salad
Course/Dish: Salads, Lettuce Salads
Dietary Needs: Vegetarian
Other Tags: Quick & Easy, Healthy
Hashtags: #dressings, #Cesar
