How To Make Caesar Salad

Luscious, creamy dressing, loads of crunchy romaine, croutons, and extra shaved parmesan – a classic Caesar salad is hard to beat! Here's how to make one perfectly.

30 minutes cook

Serves 2

Spencer Lengsfield

Twisted: Unserious food tastes seriously good.

Ingredients

what you'll need

2egg yolks

1/2lemon, juice and zest

1garlic clove, grated

4anchovies

1 tbspdijon mustard

1 tbspWorcestershire sauce

80mlneutral oil

45gparmesan, grated

Salt and pepper, to taste

1 largeromaine lettuce

Extra parmesan to garnish

Handful of croutons

This salad is named after its creator, Caesar Cardini, an Italian-American chef who invented it in Tijuana in the 1920s – although many people think it's named after Julius Caesar! It's about as lavish as a salad gets, with garlicky, acidic, fatty flavour notes, and a dressing that we could quite happily drink. If you want to know more about what's in a Caesar salad, or dig a little deeper into how to make Caesar dressing, read on!

Method

To make the dressing, place the egg yolks in a large bowl, grate in the zest of your lemon and then squeeze in the juice. Grate over a clove of garlic and mix well.

On your chopping board, dice the anchovies and using the side of your knife mash into a paste, add to the bowl. Then add the dijon mustard.

Give it a good whisk and then begin streaming the oil into the dressing, starting slowly with a very thin stream, whisking as you go. Beat the mixture until the dressing is pale yellow and creamy.

Once thick and creamy, add in the worcestershire sauce, parmesan, salt and pepper. Taste for seasoning, make any adjustments if needed.

Drop in your washed and torn lettuce leaves along with the croutons. Toss together, coating the romaine in the cream caesar dressing.

Place the salad on a large platter, finish with shaved parmesan and freshly cracked black pepper