Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, classic caesar salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Classic Caesar salad is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Classic Caesar salad is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have classic caesar salad using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Caesar salad:
- Make ready 1/2 small roast chicken, or what’s left after your roast
- Make ready 1 head Cos or Romaine lettuce
- Get 3 rashers streaky bacon or pancetta, chopped roughly
- Prepare 2-3 tbsp. butter
- Get 2 slices white bread, cut into cubes
- Prepare a little grated Parmesan for the croutons plus some shavings, to go straight into the salad
- Prepare For the dressing:
- Get 1 anchovy fillet in oil, drained
- Prepare 1 clove garlic
- Get 2 tsp mayonnaise
- Prepare 1 tsp lemon juice
- Get 15 g Parmesan, grated
- Prepare 2 tbsp. crème fraiche
- Prepare a little cold water
Steps to make Classic Caesar salad:
- First prepare the dressing: chop up the garlic and the anchovies roughly and pound them into a paste in a mortar and pestle. You might need to add a little black pepper to grind it more easily. Add the rest of the ingredients, mix well and add enough water to have a spooning consistency.
- Pick the chicken meat off the bone (make sure it’s at room temperature) and tear or cut into bite sized pieces.
- Fry the bacon with a little butter until quite crispy. Remove from the pan with the slotted spoon, leaving the fat in. Add the rest of the butter, turn the heat up and toss in the bread cubes. Cook, turning and stirring, adding butter if necessary, until crisp and golden on all sides. Take off the heat, add the grated Parmesan and toss to coat the croutons. Drain on a paper towel.
- Chop the lettuce and mix in a bowl (or individual serving bowls or plates) with a little of the dressing. Add the chicken pieces, sprinkle with bacon and Parmesan shavings, top with the croutons and serve with the extra dressing on the side.
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