New Orleans Salad Dressing Recipes

LOUISIANA SUNBURST SALAD

Steps:

• Soak the cranberries overnight in the port. Or for at least 6 hours.
• To toast the almonds: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scatter almonds on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake them 5 - 7 minutes or until just starting to turn golden and are fragrant. Watch them closely, as they can burn easily.
• In a large mixing bowl, or wooden salad bowl, add the oil, water, vinegar, Tabasco, cinnamon and sugar. Whisk until emulsified. Add the lettuce and toss. Season with salt and pepper. You can also add the vinaigrette ingredients to a mason jar and shake the jar to emulsify.
• Place the greens on serving plates and garnish with the crumbled cheese, cranberries, and almonds. Serve immediately.

COMMANDER'S PALACE SALAD AND DRESSING

Steps:

• Wash and dry greens and tear into bite-size pieces. In a salad bowl combine greens, bacon, cheese, and croutons.
• Put 1/2 cup oil and remaining ingredients in a blender. Cover and blend at low speed. Remove cover and gradually blend in remaining oil.
• Pour 8 tablespoons dressing over salad and toss. Divide onto individual salad plates or into bowls and garnish each serving with a hard-cooked egg half.

MUFFULETTA PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop it from overcooking; place in a large bowl and toss the pasta with olive oil to prevent sticking. Add red bell pepper, salami, mortadella, capicola, provolone and olive salad and mix to combine. In a separate bowl, whisk together mayonnaise and vinegar and pour over pasta. Add parsley and mix to combine. Season to taste. (Be careful not to over-salt as the meats and olive salad already contain salt.)

HOUSE SALAD WITH CREOLE MAYONNAISE DRESSING

Steps:

• Place the egg, lemon juice, and onion into the workbowl of a food processor and puree. With the motor running, slowly add 1/2 the oil. Then add the hot sauce, pepper, and salt. Stop the motor, scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, and with the motor running again, slowly add the remaining oil. Taste and adjust salt. Store, covered, in the refrigerator for 1 week.
• Dice bacon and bake in 250 degree oven until crisp, drain grease and hold warm.
• Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil. Reduce to slow simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and chill in ice-bath or under running cold water. Peel and dice.
• Place lettuce in bowl. Add * of bacon, * of eggs. * of croutons and 2 cups Creole Mayonnaise. Mix well. Season to taste.
• Divide salad onto 4 plates. Garnish with remaining bacon, eggs and crouton. Add shaved Gruyere to top of salad
• Mix all the herbs in butter. Pour butter over croutons. Season with salt and pepper. Bake in 200 degree oven for 2 hours.

COMMANDER'S SALAD

Steps:

• Tear greens into bite-sized pieces.
• In a large salad bowl, combine the greens,bacon, cheese, and croutons.
• Put 1/2 cup oil and the remaining dressing ingredients in a blender.
• Cover and blend on low speed.
• Remove cover and gradually blend in remaining oil.
• To serve, pour 8 T. of dressing over salad and toss.
• Divide onto individual plates and garnish each serving with the hard boiled egg.
• Refrigerate any leftover salad dressing.

NEW ORLEANS SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix together.

BON TON CAFE SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• 1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. except olive oil. Whip until thoroughly mixed. Slowly pour in olive oil while whipping vigorously. Great on salad greens but may also be used as a marinade for meat, chicken, poultry, fish and tofu.