El Gaucho's Tableside Caesar Salad

croutons

🥗Healthier: toasted whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: store-bought croutons

Whole grain bread is more nutritious.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated cheese blend

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds flavor.

Caesar dressing

🥗Healthier: yogurt-based dressing

💰Cheaper: homemade dressing

Yogurt-based dressings are lighter and can be made at home.

Wrap the lettuce in a linen to dry completely.

Use a wooden bowl made from one piece of wood.

Crack 4 cracks of freshly cracked black pepper into the bowl.

Add a heaping teaspoon of anchovies to the bowl.

Add 1/4 teaspoon of minced garlic to the bowl.

Add a dollop of Dijon mustard to the bowl.

Emulsify all the ingredients together using two forks.

Add a dash of Worcestershire sauce and mix it in.

Add the yolk from one pasteurized egg, separating it from the white.

Add the juice from two lemon halves to the bowl.

Add 1.5 oz of extra virgin olive oil to the bowl.

Add the lettuce to the bowl.

Add 2 heaping teaspoons of pecorino Romano cheese to the salad.

Sprinkle in 1 oz or 2 of croutons and toss the salad together.

Rub each plate with the juice from one lemon half.

Crack fresh pepper on each of the plates.

Plate the Caesar salads.

Add 1 tsp of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese to each salad.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

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