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Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing

A delicious, creamy Caesar dressing recipe that you can whip up in a snap. Even better? No anchovies are needed to achieve that zesty, tangy taste you love.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing

Why it works: Garlic and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,053 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing

Serves 8
Prep5 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

213Calories
18 gProtein
13 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Red wine + parmesan cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, red wine, vinegar, sauce, parmesan cheese, pepper):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Capersfits about as well
  3. Celeryfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, red wine, vinegar, sauce, parmesan cheese, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.