French Salad Dressing
Ingredients
Directions
Stir salt and pepper into the oil until the salt is dissolved.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Oil
- Carries the dissolved seasonings and gives the dressing its smooth, coating body.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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