The Ultimate Classic Caesar Salad for Two | America’s Test Kitchen (S24 E6)
For our Caesar salad, we wanted crisp-tender romaine lettuce with a creamy dressing and crunchy, garlicky croutons strewn throughout.
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Use a spray bottle to wet the bread cubes
I dunno about the raw egg.🤢
wher is the pancetta or guoncale or bacon
Aren't the raw egg yolks dangerous (re; salmonella)? I got a salmonella infection from under cooked eggs once, and it was no fun.
Why did you chop the anchovies rather than make the traditional paste from them ?
I am going to say something that is controversial. According to Julia Child the original Ceasars salad dressing never had anchovies in it. She talked to the daughter of the originator of the salad in Tijuana and gave her the recipe. I agree the addition of anchovies gives an umami kick but not original.
Am I the only one icked out by the raw egg in the dressing?
Becky creates the most delightful recipes – intensely flavored and delicious.
I’d really like a video on what the people are doing behind those windows in that secondary kitchen.
at last a REAL Caesar dressing! so, so tired of all the weak imposters. Thanks, Becky!!
I like to break up jarred anchovies in mine also
Capers work as a veggie substitute for anchovies.
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Don't bother clicking the link to the recipe. They have placed it behind a pay wall. Good for you America's Test Kitchen. I will stop watching your videos and contributing my ad revenue dollars to your bottom line and then you put your recipes behind a paywall. Shame on you.
What if you really, really do not like anchovies?
Ten minutes or much more time in lemon juice is not enough to mellow that bitterness and burn of garlic. Any other suggestions to get a nice clean garlic taste.
I used to make the dressing in a wooden salad bowl. I used a separated coddled egg. Garlic, anchovies, the rest, and I am drooling! Great video.
I have been making Caesar salad for decades, this doesn't even come close.
You missing dry mustard in the dressing.
I'll stick to my dressing
Man, how long have you guys had this one in the can?
I love croutons. I’ve picked them out and left salad behind. I’d eat a whole bag of them. But hear me out – Brian Lagerstrom turned me on to toasted breadcrumbs in a salad. There’s a crunch in every bite, and I walk away eating the salad instead of a few guilty pleasures
My mom would use a mortar and pestle to mash whole anchovies to be used in the salad dressing, it was fabulous!
Wow, they included the raw egg yolk. Impressive!
Nice. Everything made from scratch.
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Looks delicious! However, your pepper grinder is about 1½ feet short😎
I really like food that's made at test kitchen, but my complaint is back off on the olive oil it added at times twice, and knock off on salt holy heck, doctors are complaining about salt it foods it's over salted Soooo bad 👎 would be nice if test kitchen can make dish with minor salt, and touch of oil not half darn bottle 😢
Sorry not sorry, the original cesar salad did NOT have anchovies.
As per usual, close, but not quite right.
Nice manicure, though.
#gastranomique.
No Dijon?!
Uhhh, the egg is raw?
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