SALAD & SOUP RECIPES
Looking for easy, simple and healthy Mexican recipes? Try these ones for salads and soups.
Salad & Soup Recipes
The Original Caesar Salad
From 'The Road to Mexico' by Rick Stein
Did you know that the Caesar Salad was invented in Mexico? It has it's origin from the Caesar's Hotel in Tijuana.Ingredients
- 4 slices of baguette, brushed with olive oil
- 1 large head of romaine lettuce
- 150ml extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ¾ tsp Dijon mustard
- 6 salted anchovy fillets, mashed in a molcajete
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 30g Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 8 turns black peppermill
Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 160°C.
- Bake the baguette slices for 5-6 minutes until crisp and golden.
- Wash and dry the lettuce and keep it in the fridge until the last minute so it stays crisp.
- In a roomy bowl, combine the olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, anchovies, lime juice, garlic, and half of the grated Parmesan. Beat with a balloon whisk until the mixture forms a paste.
- Bring a small pan of water to the boil, add the whole egg in its and cook it for exactly 1 minute. Crack the egg into the dressing and whisk until thoroughly blended, then add the whole lettuce leaves and coat them in the dressing.
- Serve the salad on a platter, season with the black pepper and top with the remaining grated Parmesan and baguette croutons.
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