French Dressing - French Recipe

French Dressing

🌍 French, French Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Bowl or cup, Silver fork

Simple french dressing prepared in the traditional American way.

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• Few grains cayenne
• ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
• ⅛ teaspoon paprika
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 6 tablespoons olive-oil

Method

1. Put — all the dry materials in a bowl or cup, and slowly add the vinegar, then the oil, stirring constantly with a silver fork. Beat with the fork for two or three minutes.

Tags: pepper · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)

Notes

Part of the vinegar used may be taragon, if desired. A piece of ice the size of a marble may, with good results, be put in the cup while mixing the dressing; in any case, the oil should be very cold. Any of the following may be added to the dressing, according to individual taste: ¼ teaspoon mustard ½ teaspoon onion juice ⅛ teaspoon finely chopped parsley 1 teaspoon chopped pimento 2 chopped olives 1 small pickle—chopped ½ hard-boiled egg—chopped. If any of the dressing is left over, it should be put in the ice-box, and then beaten again with a fork before using.