Old Fashioned Boiled Salad Dressing Recipes

COOKED SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, mustard and salt. Stir in egg until smooth. Gradually add vinegar and water. Cook and stir over medium heat for 3 minutes or until mixture reaches at least 160° and coats the back of a metal spoon. , Remove from the heat; stir in butter. Let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in mayonnaise until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Serve with salad greens.

OLD FASHIONED POTATO SALAD WITH HOMEMADE DRESSING

Steps:

• Place the potatoes into a large pot of cold water and 1 teaspoon of salt and bring to the boil. Cook for around 10-15 minutes, or until tender but not overcooked. Drain the potatoes and set aside to cool.
• While the potatoes are cooking, place the eggs into a small pot and cover with boiling water. Cook for 8-10 minutes (for hard boiled). Turn the heat off and allow the eggs to sit for a few minutes before transferring to a bowl of cold water. Allow to cool before peeling and chopping.
• Meanwhile, cook the pancetta (or bacon) in a large frying pan over medium-high heat until crispy. Remove from the heat and set aside.

OLD FASHIONED POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Add unpeeled potatoes to a deep pot that has a cover. Add enough water to cover the potatoes and place over HIGH heat. Bring water to a boil, reduce heat to MEDIUM, cover the pot and cook at a low boil for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a sharp knife. Drain and immediately rinse potatoes with cold water until cool enough to handle. Use paper towels to pull the peels off the potatoes and chop into small pieces.
• Combine chopped potatoes, diced onion, and diced celery in a large mixing bowl. Season with ¼ teaspoon salt and toss to combine.
• In a small mixing bowl combine mayonnaise, mustard, celery salt, pepper, and pickle relish. Add to potato mixture and gently stir to combine. Fold in chopped hard-boiled eggs. Taste and season with additional salt and pepper, if needed.
• Sprinkle with paprika, cover and refrigerate for at least an hour or more.

BOILED DRESSING

Steps:

• Pour the vinegar and water into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Put the egg yolks in a small mixing bowl and stir in the sugar, mustard, flour, cayenne, salt, and pepper.
• Very slowly, pour the boiling vinegar/water into the egg yolk mixture, a small amount at a time, whisking well to make sure the vinegar/water mixture and the egg yolk mixture combine - you don't want the eggs to cook.
• Pour the dressing back into the saucepan and cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until it thickens and begins to bubble.
• Remove from the heat and add the butter, whisking until it is melted and absorbed into the dressing. Whisk in the cream and cool completely.
• Cover and refrigerate. Will keep for 2 weeks.

OLD FASHIONED BOILED SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• In microwave safe bowl mix sugar, cornstarch and salt.
• Whisk in the egg, vinegar, water and mustard.
• Microwave on high for 3 minutes then stir.
• Microwave again on high for 1 minute then stir and repeat in 1 minute increments until dressing comes to a boil and thickens - about 5 - 6 minutes total cook time. (It will continue to thicken as it cools).
• Add butter.
• Store in refrigerator.

BOILED DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk eggs with flour, sugar, salt, and mustard in a 1-quart heavy saucepan, then gradually whisk in milk and vinegar. Cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until very thick and mixture registers 160°F on an instant-read thermometer. (Do not let boil.) Pour through sieve into a metal bowl, then stir in butter until melted.
• Put bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and cool, stirring occasionally. Cover surface of dressing with wax paper and chill.

SOUTHERN BOILED SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Set the bottom of a double boiler with about an inch of water over medium heat and bring to a boil.
• While the water heats, sift the dry mustard, sugar, salt, flour into the top of a double boiler or into a stainless steel bowl which can be placed over the boiling water. Add the pepper.
• Gradually pour the cold water into the dry mixture while whisking constantly. When the mixture is well blended, whisk in the beaten egg yolks and vinegar.
• Place the pan or bowl over the boiling water and cook, whisking, until the mixture is thickened. This takes just a few minutes.
• Remove from the heat and whisk in the butter until melted and well combined. Whisk in the heavy cream until you have the correct consistency for your salad.

COLESLAW BOILED DRESSING RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine shredded cabbage, onion, and green pepper in a large bowl.
• Heat dressing ingredients in a medium saucepan until sugar is dissolved and syrup is boiling.
• Pour boiling syrup over cabbage and let stand until salad is cold (do not stir). When cold, cover and place in refrigerator to chill for 24 hours. When ready to serve, stir to mix cabbage. It's nice because you can make it days ahead.

OLD-FASHIONED SALAD WITH SHANAGARRY CREAM DRESSING

Steps:

• Eggs: To hard-boil the eggs for the salad and the dressing bring a small saucepan of water to ae boil, gently slide in the eggs, boil for 10 minutes (12 if they are very fresh), strain off the hot water and cover with cold water. Peel when cold. Beetroot: Leave 2-inch of leaf stalks on top and the whole root on the beet. Hold it under a running tap and wash off the mud with the palms of your hands, so that you don't damage the skin; otherwise the beetroot will bleed during cooking. Cover with cold water and add a little salt and sugar. Cover the pot bring to the boil and simmer on top, or in an oven, for 1 to 2 hours depending on size. Beetroot are usually cooked easily and if they dent when pressed with a finger. If in doubt test with a skewer or the tip of a knife. Dressing: To make the dressing cut 2 eggs in 1/2, sieve the yolks into a bowl, add the sugar, a pinch of salt and the mustard. Blend in the vinegar and cream. Chop the egg whites and add some to the sauce. Keep the rest to scatter over the salad. Cover the dressing until needed. Salad Assembly: Wash and dry the lettuce and scallions. Arrange a few lettuce leaves on each of 4 plates. Scatter a few quartered tomatoes, 2 hard-boiled egg quarters, a few slices of cucumber and 1 radish or 2 slices of beetroot on each plate. Garnish with spring onion and watercress, scatter the remaining egg white (from the dressing) over the salad and some chopped parsley. Put a tiny bowl of Shanagarry Cream Dressing in the center of each plate and serve immediately while the salad is crisp and before the beetroot starts to run. Alternatively, the dressing may be served from 1 large bowl.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED BOILED DRESSING

Steps:

• In the bottom of a double boiler (medium saucepan) add 1" of water and turn the heat to medium.
• In the top bowl of the double boiler (glass bowl that can rest slightly in the saucepan but not touch the water) add the mustard powder, sugar, salt, flour and water. Whisk to combine.
• In a small bowl whisk together the egg yolks and vinegar. Pour that into the water mixture and whisk.
• Place the bowl on top of the double boiler and keep whisking until the mixture thickens and can coat the back of a spoon. 8-10 minutes.
• Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk in the butter. Once the butter is incorporated, add in the cream, whisking to blend.
• Add in the celery seed and pepper. Taste for salt.
• Pour into a glass container and once, cool, cover and store in the fridge for up to one week.