pardon my french... dressing with a twist
Okay… mad scientist, back in the test kitchen. This time with a twist on French dressing (with major apologies to the French). This started with Mary's excellent wings recipe: Slow Baked Chicken Wings, which calls for French dressing. This had me thinking that I should put together my own French dressing. So, you ready… Let's get into the kitchen.
method
No-Cook or Other
Ingredients For pardon my french... dressing with a twist
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1/2 cmayonnaise
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2 lgtomatoes, blanched peeled, and seeded.
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1/4 ccider vinegar
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1/2 csugar, granulated, table variety
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1/4 smonion, peeled, and chopped
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1/4 tspsea salt, finely ground
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1/4 tspblack pepper, freshly ground
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1/8 tspcayenne pepper
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1/2 colive oil, extra virgin
How To Make pardon my french... dressing with a twist
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1Chef's Note: If you don't want to use fresh tomatoes, get a 14 ounce (0.4 liter) can of tomatoes, petite diced, and drain them. In the United States, I prefer Hunt's Petite Diced tomatoes.
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2Add all the ingredients, except the olive oil, and the onions, to the bowl of a food processor, fitted with an S-blade.
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3Chef's Tip: Watch the liquid content of the fresh or canned tomatoes, and make sure that most of the additional liquid is strained before adding them to the food processor.
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4Pulse until throughly combined.
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5Add the onion, and blend until the onion is totally blended into the mixture.
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6Chef's Note: Two of the twists in this recipe are that I'm using tomatoes instead of ketchup, and I'm using olive oil; as opposed to vegetable oil.
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7Chef's Note: You can't over blend this thing. Keep blending until the onion is liquified into the dressing.
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8Turn the food processor on high, and slowly drizzle the olive oil into the dressing. The key here is to add the olive oil slowly.
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9Place into a covered container and let rest in the refrigerator for 24 hours before using.
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10Chef's Note: This dressing is a bit more runny than the store-bought kind. I make my dressing so that I can spoon some into a bowl with the other ingredients (lettuce, etc), and then toss the dressing with the salad. I don't like pouring a thick glop of dressing onto salads.
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11Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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