French Dressing Recipe 1

Ingredients for French Dressing

• 3 tablespoons oil
• ¾ to 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice
• ¾ teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. These ingredients make a simple French dressing.
2. Many salad lovers add one or more other ingredients to give a particular tang or flavor.
3. The French always rub the bowl in which the salad dressing is made with a clove of garlic.
4. Tarragon, or estragon, vinegar may be used instead of plain vinegar, or some leaves of tarragon or estragon, procurable at the large markets, may be cut in bits and sprinkled over the salad.
5. If the French dressing is made at table, a small china or glass tray, set with oil and vinegar cruets, salt cellar, peppercorn grinder, paprika shaker, bottle of Worcestershire sauce, and a bottle of pearl onions, is passed to the person who serves the salad.
6. Mix the oil, salt and pepper together and slowly add the vinegar stirring constantly.
7. IN dressing a salad at the table, the dressing may be made in a separate bowl and then poured upon the vegetables, the latter being tossed lightly for a few seconds and then served, or it may be done in the following graceful way: Hold a salad spoon over the salad, put into it the salt and pepper and then fill with the oil the remaining space, mix with a fork, and then pour upon the vegetables, distributing well; add the remaining proportion of oil, a spoonful at a time, tossing the salad lightly; at the last add the vinegar, toss again and serve.
8. Or all ingredients may be placed in a cruet and shaken vigorously, then poured over the salad.
9. If the French dressing is made before the meal, the addition of a small amount of egg white beaten with the dressing will make the emulsion more permanent.
10. Variations for French Dressing
11. Many variations may be made by the addition of other ingredients to the French dressing.
12. Grated cheese may be added, also bits of parsley, ketchup, horseradish, garlic, green peppers, and other condiments.