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Caesar Salad

Caesar Salad Recipe

This Caesar salad is such a rich and delicious salad recipe you will make it over and over again.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 Servings
Calories

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 head romaine lettuce, large, torn into bite size pieces
  • 1 cup olive oil, extra virgin
  • 3 cups French bread, cubed
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 8 anchovy fillets
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
  • 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
  • 2 eggs, coddled or very fresh free range - see how to coddle eggs below
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, shaved or shredded

Instructions
 

  • Fry bread cubes in some of the olive oil, as needed. Toss until crispy and golden. Set aside to drain on paper towels.
  • Crush the garlic cloves and salt into a paste in a large wooden salad bowl, using the back of a wooden salad serving spoon.
  • Add the anchovies and do the same. Add the Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, lemon juice and pepper. Whisk in the remaining oil until thoroughly combined.
  • Add the grated Parmesan cheese and whisk again until combined.
  • Add the shredded lettuce and toss thoroughly. Add the coddled eggs and toss until the lettuce is coated with the egg. Top with shaved or shredded Parmesan cheese. Serve.

Notes

To Make Coddled Eggs:

  • Put a whole egg (in the shell) in a saucepan of room temperature water. Bring the water to a simmer and simmer for 1 minute. Drain and cool the egg immediately by running cool water over it. It will be soft and the white still runny.
Adding the eggs is optional but oh so good. The original recipe called for raw eggs and that is what used to be used in Caesar salad recipes. Now though it is not recommended to eat uncooked eggs as they can contain harmful bacteria. Coddling them as shown above cooks them just enough.
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