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Versatile Real French Dressing - TastyPlanner.com
Chef: Tracey r
This is dressing as it is made in France and Italy. You can vary this infinitely depending on what oil, vinegar, and herbs you use. For ultimate ease, mix it in the bottom of the bowl or plate you’ll be using to make the salad in.
Adapted from my friend’s recipe website below, and from the Rosedale Diet book.
Recipe Source: www.thymeforcooking.com
Ingredients
2 T good olive oil OR add part walnut or avocado oil
3 T vinegar or your choice: balsamic, white balsamic, red wine, white wine, flavored, grapefruit, raspberry... OR sub part or all of the vinegar with lemon or lime juice
1 t dijon mustard
2 T chopped herbs of your choice: thyme, basil, marjoram, rosemary, parsley are classics
1/8 t. crushed garlic
Instructions
This is easiest done in a bowl.
Place dijon mustard in a bowl and add oil, mixing with a fork. Then add the vinegar, mixing with the fork and stopping now and then to see if it separates. When it does, add a tiny dab more mustard and mix again. The mustard keeps it from separating.
Stir in the herbs and garlic (if using). Pour on salad, or build the salad on top of it and toss. This is also very good as the base for tuna or chicken salad, or as a dressing for Salad Nicoise.
—tip: chop herbs in a cup with scissors, as they do in France. Much faster than using a knife and easy to clean up.
You can also increase the quantities and make this in a stoppered bottle, and just shake it before pouring. It keeps a long time and again, the mustard keeps everything in solution.
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