Like my mother and father, I not only like a good Caesar salad, but I enjoy it with anchovies (much to Ed’s dismay).  I know that traditional Caesar salad dressing can be very high in calories, so when my friend, Sarah S, turned me onto this recipe recently I was very happy.

It’s much lighter, but still has that underlying Caesar taste.  This comes from the Worcestershire sauce that contains many ingredients, including anchovies – a key ingredient in a traditional Caesar salad.  I like to use it with baby romaine lettuce leaves and grated Pecorino-Romano cheese – to make a simple, but tasty salad.  The combination of this dressing with the baby romaine lettuce are a great take on the traditional Caesar salad.  This is one of a few homemade salad dressings I always have on hand in my refrigerator.

A bit of food trivia… did you know Worcestershire sauce has been sold commercially since 1837?

Caesar-Style Dressing
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Recipe type: Sauce
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Serves: Makes a bit less than a cup
Ingredients
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 garlic clove, pressed
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients except olive oil. Pour olive oil into mixture while whisking constantly.
  2. After dressing the salad, add freshly grated or shredded Percorino-Romano or Parmesan cheese.