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Honey Dijon Vinadressing Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Shine / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago At the behest of my daughter, I am submitting this recipe; one of my (her) favorite salad dressings. This is slightly modified from a recipe that I found years ago in Cook's illustrated, and have been "tweaking" to get just the way I like it. I cal... More Prep:15m Servings:6	Shine
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Ingredients

4 tablespoons red wine vinegar

3 medium cloves garlic

2 medium shallots, chopped (about ¼ cup) – if no shallots, use about 2 tablespoons of a red or yellow onion

2 tablespoon Dijon mustard

3 tablespoons honey

1/2 cup olive oil -- I use half light olive oil and half extra-virgin

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

In a container for an immersion blender, or the bowl of a food processor put the vinegar, garlic, shallots, mustard, and honey together. A blender works fine; if you don't have any of these, chop the garlic and shallots very finely (mince.)

Process until a smooth paste is formed,

slowly drizzle the oil in while the machine is running until all of the oil is added. The consistency should be nice and creamy, not too thick. If mixing by hand, drizzle the oil in while stirring with a whisk.

The dressing should not separate. In the event that it does separate, simply stir it back together again. The reason it may separate is that the oil didn't get emulsified well enough -- this is on the border of being a vinaigrette, so there is a chance that the oil may separate -- this does not change the flavor.

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bonjody 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Your daughter knows her dressing - this sounds just right. Thanks.

gramma58 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Love it!!

frankieanne 1 year, 6 months ago said:
This looks delicious. I'm saving this one. Thank you.

bakermel 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Sounds really good---I can't wait to try it ! :) Thanks, Ray----Hope you have a great day! :)
~Melinda

justjakesmom 1 year, 6 months ago said:
I'm going to have to try this. I like the idea of making my own dressing - just the amount I need. Instead of having 14 bottles of half used dressing in the fridge!

vikirose13 1 year, 6 months ago said:
I like the idea of making it in the processor, kind of like making mayo. Can't wait to try it.
Thanks! Viktoria

auntybea 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Love this Ray -- and what a cutie your little girl is!

bluewaterandsand 1 year, 6 months ago said:
I think you did a great job cause it sure sounds very good!

frankieanne 1 year, 6 months ago said:
I made this and used it on the White Bean and Chicken Salad recipe that I have posted here. It was delicious. Very creamy. I think I will be using it every time I make this salad now instead of the dressing recipe that came with it. Thank you.

recipesrule 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Hi Ray!
Fabulous pic of your beautiful little girl! I can see why she has you (not?) wrapped around your little finger!! This dressing sounds really good. Have you tried this with Sherry wine vinegar? Would it work? Or, do you have another recipe for that? Had a great Mediterranean Salad at a local restaurant and it had a sherry/Dijon vinaigrette on it. Yum. Been looking for just the right dressing to make it. Let me know what you think.
Thanks Bud,
Betty

lunasea 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I'll be using this regularly. I love making dressings at home - they are SO much better than commercial brands. Love it! Thanks, Ray Snuggle Bunny.... ;-)~ Vickie

momo_55grandma 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Great tasty recipe thanks

krumkake 10 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Vickie is so right - nothing beats a homemade dressing, and we eat a lot of salads, so this is another I have to make this week...very tasty sounding.

valinkenmore 6 months ago said:
Yum, thanks for this post. We really enjoy honey mustard dressing!

pleclare 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Yum!

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