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    Balsamic Vinegar Dressing Recipe GF TV

    by Eric · This post may contain affiliate links, its one way we pay the bills. · 13 Comments

    Here's a simple balsamic vinegar dressing recipe that you can make in 10 seconds. And here's a video to show you how to make salad dressing. This salad dressing recipe follows most others, except for a secret flavor boosting ingredient! Watch the salad dressing video to see what the ingredient is.

    Store bought salad dressings are usually too sweet, and are full of calories and cheap vegetable oil. We call it 'glop', because that's what it looks like. Using simple ingredients, Eric's oil and vinegar dressing blows away this store bought stuff.

    This salad dressing is a vinaigrette, an emulsion of oil and vinegar bound together with mustard. You can use deli, brown, or dijon mustard. You can also use ground mustard, but use less than you would of the wet mustard.

    I'm thinking we should do a series of videos about salad dressings. This balsamic vinaigrette is our mainstay, but I'd like to experiment with miso based dressings, and make one of those carrot ginger dressings, like the one at DoJo in New York City. I've bought jarred carrot ginger dressing, but it doesn't taste the same as the stuff we get in the restaurant.

    Eric's Version of the Balsamic Vinegar Dressing Recipe

    Ingredients
    •    1 tablespoon Brown or Dijon Mustard
    •    4 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    •    1 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
    •    1 dash Worcestershire Sauce
    •    pinch salt & pepper
    Cooking Directions
    1. put the mustard in a large salad bowl, add the olive oil, vinegar, Worcestershire Sauce, salt and pepper.
    2. whisk the ingredients together with a fork or whisk.
    3. add salad greens to bowl and toss, then add additional salad items and toss again.
    4. serve in individual bowls.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Paul

      July 30, 2012 at 6:04 pm

      First and foremost you must use a whisk. Whisk all ingredients well except oil and then add oil slowly. Olive oil is not "super healthy", while it my be better than other fats, it is low in omega-3 and other nutrients, better to get your fat from a whole food such as avocados, nuts or seeds. Just my two cents, I love your videos and podcasts.

    2. Katja

      July 31, 2012 at 12:00 pm

      Hi Eric, really good to see a cooking show again.
      Vinaigrette is fonetically vie nay gret last two letters are silent.
      Also why don't you try fresh squeezed lemonjuice or lemon/ lime juice instead of vinegar. Very healthy!

    3. @rhkennerly

      August 01, 2012 at 6:36 am

      so easy!

      Question: Is beating in a metal bowl with a metal instrument necessary? (like doing meringues in copper?).

      My teeth hurt.

    4. Eric Gunnar Rochow

      August 02, 2012 at 11:07 am

      yes, excellent suggestion to use lemon juice, we're going to do another show about salad dresssings and will touch on this, thanks katja, eric.

    5. Eric Gunnar Rochow

      August 02, 2012 at 11:09 am

      i'm sorry your teeth hurt rick. you can use whatever you have nearby to make salad dressing, no rules here.

    6. alice martin

      August 05, 2012 at 9:58 am

      I just wanted to comment. Eric you say all the time how you're not getting comments when you know people are listening and downloading. So here is my comment. I am addicted to Gardenfork. I'm lucky enough to work in a small plant where we are aloud to listen to mp3 players, ipods, and cd players. I listen to gardenfork religiously. I laugh at Mike's humor and hang on Rick's every word. I'm inspired by everything that you do. You've given me he courage to try things I would have paid lots of money to have someone else do. I tell everyone I know to check out Gardenfork. You have a fan for life. thanks, alice.

    7. @rhkennerly

      August 09, 2012 at 3:44 pm

      First of all, thanks Alice. Although I worry that I talk so slow that if you hung on my every word you'd strangle ;->

      RE: Olive Oil. Sept 2012 Consumer Reports lists Trader Joe's California Estates as a "best buy" in olive oil and excellent in taste. Whole Paycheck Markets 365 Olive Oil rated "very good" and also a best buy.

      Stopped by Trader Joe's this afternoon for some of the California Estate, but there had been a run on it since CR came out. We don't have a Whole Foods, so I bought a small bottle of a lesser Trader Joe's brand.

      Now, if CR would just do Balsamic Vinegars.

    8. LJC

      August 21, 2012 at 8:03 pm

      Hi Eric,
      This is a really easy and delicious dressing! You often make white beans as a side dish and was wondering if you might do a video showing how you make and season them?
      LJC

    9. Gary Goodson

      September 03, 2012 at 5:29 pm

      Lets make something to keep the Labs teeth clean!!! Copy That?

    10. Wanda Wirthlin

      October 09, 2015 at 10:10 am

      Your recipes are not easily printable.....Where is your Print icon?

    11. Kate

      December 22, 2017 at 1:56 am

      You could put all the ingredients in a small glass jar, screw the lid on and shake until all blended together. This is a tip from UK chef Jamie Oliver. It works and you can keep any surplus vinaigrette to use another time.

    12. Eric

      December 24, 2017 at 8:00 pm

      @Kate thanks for the tip, that is great. I am a big fan of Jamie. thx!

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      August 14, 2012 at 3:46 pm

      [...] to the olive oil talk, we talk about how to make your own balsamic vinegar dressing in this video and if you want to make your own balsamic vinegar reduction, or the balsamic vinegar hack, watch [...]

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