To date, there are a lot of options for the preparation of Caesar's favorite salad. Most cooks, preparing this salad, leave in it only the basic ingredients, and the rest, often replace. This led to the fact that the taste of this Caesar salad is not familiar to many. To date, you can taste Caesar salad with chicken, anchovies, shrimps and other ingredients.
It is believed that the secret of preparing a delicious Caesar salad is in a sauce. A properly prepared sauce allows you to enjoy the real taste of this salad to the fullest. Sauce for Caesar salad is easy to prepare, but contains one rare ingredient, which can be difficult to find even in modern stores. In this regard, many housewives invent their own recipes for the Caesar salad sauce, which, naturally, does not worsen the taste, but also does not allow preparing a salad by all rules.
A rare component of the sauce for Caesar salad is a Worcester sauce (it is also called Worcesterish or Worcestershire). This sauce is of English origin, which has a specific taste and smell. You can buy this sauce for Caesar salad in ready-made form. The recipe for its preparation is complex and contains many ingredients. It includes: tamarind, anchovies, sweet pepper, ginger, cinnamon, curry, cardamom and other ingredients. It takes a long time to prepare this sauce - about two weeks. The sauce is added to the dishes in very small quantities - a few drops. Below are the recipes,> how to prepare the sauce for the classic Caesar salad and for its variations.
Classic sauce for Caesar salad
Ingredients:
- 1 raw egg,
- 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil,
- juice 1/2 lemon,
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcester sauce.
Preparation
In a small saucepan, boil water, reduce the heat to a minimum and dip the raw egg there for 1 minute. After that, the egg should be broken into a bowl, add to it lemon juice, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce. All ingredients must be mixed well. The classic Caesar salad is ready!
Recipe sauce for Caesar salad with chicken
Caesar salad with chicken is one of the most popular and satisfying versions of this salad.
Ingredients:
- 2 egg yolks;
- 2 teaspoons of mustard;
- 100 ml of olive oil;
- 50 grams of Parmesan cheese;
- 50 ml of white dry wine;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- juice of 1 lemon.
Preparation
In a deep container, you should mix yolks, mustard, wine, garlic and lemon juice with a blender. When the mixture becomes homogeneous, it should be poured a thin trickle of olive oil and pour grated cheese. Once again, mix well and season Caesar salad.
Recipe for Caesar salad with shrimps
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil;
- 2 egg yolks;
- 2 cloves garlic;
- 1 teaspoon of mustard;
- juice of 1 lemon;
- 2 anchovy (canned).
Preparation
Yolks, garlic and mustard should be mixed with a blender. Add oil, lemon juice and anchovies to the resulting mixture. Once again, mix everything to a homogeneous consistency. Sauce for salad Caesar with shrimps is ready!
When preparing Caesar salad with chicken or smoked meat - which is widely used today, in most cases, mustard is used instead of Worcester sauce. If the salad does not contain meat ingredients, according to the classic recipe, then a sauce with mayonnaise for Caesar salad is a good substitute for Worcesters' sauce. The addition of mayonnaise in any of the sauce recipes makes the taste softer and more tender.