Cooking with Asia

Garlic Croutons

1 ½ tbsp. oil

½ tsp. minced garlic

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. black pepper

3 slices firm white bread, cubed

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine first 4 ingredients in large bowl. Add bread and toss to coat. Spread on 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan and bake 10 minutes until golden brown, stirring halfway through.

Caesar Dressing

1 clove garlic

½ c. oil

1 egg

2 tbsp. lemon

½ c. grated Parmesan cheese

1 tsp. anchovy paste

½ tsp. hot sauce

1 tsp. Dijon mustard

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. pepper

Blend for 10 seconds on medium speed in blender.

Romaine Lettuce

Fill sink with water (about ¼ full)

Add lettuce leaves and wash

Gently remove leaves BEFORE draining the water from the sink.

Pat leaves dry with paper towel.

TEAR (do not cut) leaves into bite-sized pieces

DO NOT COMBINE THE CROUTONS, DRESSING and LETTUCE as this salad will be served tomorrow!

Source: Mr. Turcotte

So when we made this Caesar salad it was pretty fun. Even though we didn’t get to have some Caesar salad I had a little sample of the dressing and I was surprised it tasted good. Since we put anchovy paste in it I was a bit skeptical on trying it but when I did it was delicious. I never knew that you put hot sauce and Dijon mustard into a Caesar salad dressing, I thought it was a weird combination of ingredients. When we made this we really did well when we made the dressing. We didn’t waste any time finishing this lab and we all worked on our own things while working productively. The only thing that I think we might have done wrong was that I blended the dressing for longer than was needed but I don’t think it changed it all that much. The knowledge that I learned in class before was how to use the blender and the safety precautions I needed to take. I was the only one working with the blender in this lab so it was good that I had the knowledge on how to use it properly. I would make this at home because my mom likes caesar salad and she's pretty picky with how the caesar salad dressing tastes like but I think this is one that she'd like. Plus it is also super easy to make this and I think this would impress my mom.