Caesar Salad (Ceasar salad as thousands of menus call it)

Introduction:

If it doesn't have anchovies, it ain't Caesar. How many times you order a Caesar salad and become disappointed once you eat it. Most restaurants try to give you a cheap version of this delicious salad dressing. Now you can make your own at home. If you do not like anchovies, don't add the whole anchovies at the end but still use a few when making the dressing.

This recipe serves 2.

Ingredients:

• 1 Romaine lettuce
• 10 capers
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 can of anchovies in olive oil
• 1 tbs wine vinegar
• 4 tbs virgin olive oil
• 1/4 ts lemon juice
• HP sauce
• 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 egg yolk
• 8 tbs parmesan cheese
• Croutons (if you like them)
• 1 oz Cognac
• Tabasco sauce
• 1/2 ts salt
• 1 ts pepper

Pre-cooking:

• Wash the lettuce and brake it apart, then drain it.
• Use a garlic press to mash the garlic or simply smash it the best you can

Cooking:

• Put the salt, pepper, half of the anchovies, garlic and capers in a wooden bowl
• Press with a wooden spoon and mix well until you get a paste
• Add the lemon juice, 3 dashes of HP sauce, 3 dashes or Tabasco sauce, Cognac and mustard and mix well into the paste
• Add the olive oil and vinegar, mix well again
• Just before serving, add the egg yolk and mix the dressing again
• Add the lettuce and mix again
• Sprinkle parmesan cheese top and drained anchovies.

Tips:

You should really use a wooden bowl if you have one, as well as wooden spoons to prepare this salad.

The easiest and fastest way to peel garlic is to wrap it in rubber, and roll it back and forth a few times. We use a rubber husband, it takes us 2 seconds to peel a garlic clove.

You are welcome to add cold pieces of chicken if you want to make a whole meal out of this.

Way too many people ask me what HP sauce is. It is an English Steak Sauce that can be found all over the world. Well, most of the world. Here is a picture of it so that you know what to look for.

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