Caesar salad has long won world popularity. It is preferred by people all over the world and as a daily dish, and as a dish for a festive table. The lightness and piquancy of Caesar salad makes it a favorite salad among the fair sex. Many housewives are eager to master the art of preparing Caesar salad at home. In this regard, there were many variations of this dish. To date, this salad is prepared with meat, seafood, chicken and other ingredients, which are not in the classic recipe. In addition to the basic ingredients of the salad, many culinary experts also experiment on Caesar salad sauce. The classic recipe for Caesar sauce is quite complex in preparation, in connection with which a lot of variations of this sauce appeared, which often only remotely resemble its taste.
How to cook a classic Caesar sauce?
An important role in the taste of this Caesar sauce is played by a Worcester sauce. This is a very rare ingredient, which is quite problematic to buy even in modern supermarkets. Because of this, Worcestersky sauce is in most cases replaced with mustard.
In order to prepare Caesar sauce at home, you must first make a Worcester sauce. Below is a recipe for how to prepare this refueling.
Worcester sauce for Caesar sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 onion;
- 2 cloves garlic;
- 1 medium root of ginger;
- 3 tablespoons dry mustard;
- 1 teaspoon of carnation buds;
- ground cardamom and black peppercorn;
- 1/2 teaspoon curry and red pepper;
- 2 cm cinnamon sticks;
- 2 cups of vinegar, half a cup of sugar, water and soy sauce;
- 50 grams of tamarind pulp;
- 3 tablespoons of salt;
- 2 anchovies.
Preparation
- Onions, garlic and ginger should be cut into small pieces.
- In dense gauze fabric should be wrapped onions, garlic, mustard, pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. The fabric should be tied in such a way that a pouch is obtained.
- In a large saucepan, you should pour in the vinegar, soy sauce, add the tamarind pulp and sugar, and put a bag of spices on the bottom.
- Pour pan on a small fire, bring to a boil and simmer for 45 minutes.
- Finely chopped anchovies, curry and salt should be poured with water, mix well and pour into a pan, then remove it from the fire.
- All the contents of the pan should be poured into a glass container and put in a cold place for 2 weeks.
- After 2 weeks, the bag can be thrown away, and the resulting sauce can be bottled. To store Worcester sauce for Caesar salad should be in the fridge, and before using - shake well.
How to make Caesar sauce at home?
The classic Caesar sauce contains the following ingredients:
- 1 egg;
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
- juice of 1 lemon;
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcester sauce.
Preparation
Raw egg should be lowered into boiling water for 1 minute, then immediately broken into a bowl. To the egg should be added lemon juice, olive oil and mix well. In the end, you need to add the Worcestersky sauce, stir again and fill the salad.
Due to the complexity and length of preparation of Caesar sauce, many manufacturers offer different dressings for a salad with a similar name. Today, in each supermarket you can buy Caesar sauce with anchovies, cheese Caesar sauce and even a mushroom option. All of them, of course, are delicious. But those people who have tried a salad with real Caesar sauce will be able to instantly identify a fake.