Caesar Salad

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael ChiarelloEpisode: Panini Poker Party

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (36)

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Prep Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

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Ingredients

4 heads romaine lettuce, outer leaves removed, or 1.5 pounds romaine lettuce hearts
3/4 cup Caesar dressing, recipe follows
Pizzetta's, recipe follows, used as croutons
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan

Directions

Put the whole romaine leaves in a work bowl. Add enough of the dressing to coat the leaves and toss well. Arrange the leaves in a serving bowl with their tips up, and intersperse the pizzetta's, if desired. Sprinkle the Parmesan over all.

Caesar Dressing:

2 eggs*

2 tablespoon Dijon mustard

6 to 8 anchovy fillets, minced

2 tablespoons chopped garlic

4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Worcestershire sauce

2 cups olive oil

2 tablespoon warm water, if needed

1 cup freshly grated Parmesan

Place the egg yolk, mustard, anchovies, garlic, vinegar, lemon juice, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce into a salad bowl. Blend with whisk and then add the olive oil in a slow, steady stream until it is fully incorporated. If the dressing stops gets too thick, add the warm water and then continue until all the oil is added. Add the cheese and continue to blend.

Yield: about 1 1/2 cups

Pizzetta's with Olive Tapenade and Pecorino Cheese:

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 (8 to 10-ounce) jar olive paste tapenade

9 ounces store bought pizza dough

2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves

1/4 pound Pecorino cheese, thinly sliced

Salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Stir the garlic into the tapenade. Separate the ready made/store bought pizza dough into 1 1/2-ounce pieces and roll them out to 1/8-inch (if possible, roll out to desired thickness by using a pasta machine). Cover the top of the rolled out dough with olive paste and garlic mixture. Sprinkle the thyme on top. Lay the pecorino on top of pizzetta. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Bake the pizza for 15 minutes or until light brown (a cracker like thinness and texture). Let cool for about 10 minutes, and serve.

Yield: 6 servings

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Tiffany Birmingham, MI 12-30-2008
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Truly Wonderful!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I included this salad as part of my Christmas menu and my entire family loved it!! My sister-in-law even asked for... seconds...a miracle!! thank you for the great recipe!Read more
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Courtney San Francisco, CA 05-18-2008
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Best Caesar Salad Dressing!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The dressing for this salad is amazing. I just mix all of the ingredients in the salad bowl, add some romaine lettuce,... tomatoes, homemade croutons, and some parmesan cheese. It's simple and delicous. Great with bbq chicken!Read more
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Anonymous 12-28-2007
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A Waste of Valuable Ingredients
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This recipe is horrible. It tastes nothing like Casear salads are supposed to. I can't believe people have given this 5... stars. First, its too oily. Second, the balsamic vinegar's taste is too dominent (and why is it even part of the recipe?). I can't believe I wasted $13/lb. parmesan and extra virgin olive oil on this.Read more
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Anonymous 08-20-2007
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Wow Dressing!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I must say that was the best dressing we've had. The only thing I have to say to those that did not care for it, follow the... recipe and use fresh ingredients. For olive oil we used the extra light olive oil and that may be the way to go if you don't like the taste of EVOO.Read more
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Anonymous 05-01-2007
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Very Yummy!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I liked the authentic taste of the caesar dressing. It sort of has a little bite to it, which I like. The fact that you can... just pick the salad up with your hands and eat it too is nice during a small get together.Read more
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Anonymous 03-25-2007
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Yuck
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

he mustard was to overpowering and I didnt care for it much.Also the dressing was very bad. It not good.