Caesar Salad

Finally got around to making this classic from scratch. Well almost from scratch, I used mayonaisse, but then again I didn't make the Worcestershire sauce from scratch either.

Followed the dressing recipe from here:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/caesar-salad-supreme/

Ingredients

• 6 cloves garlic, peeled
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 5 anchovy fillets, minced
• 6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, divided
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 cups day-old bread, cubed
• 1 head romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces

Directions

1. Mince 3 cloves of garlic, and combine in a small bowl with mayonnaise, anchovies, 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan cheese, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Refrigerate until ready to use.

worked out pretty good!

tried to make croutons in a pan like suggested in the article. didn't really work out for me. went back t my trusty oven for them. ground up salt, pepper, garlic, olive oil in my pestle n mortar put into large bowl with 2 slices o bread cubed. tossed around for a while to cover em, then fecked em all in oven for about 12 - 13 mins. worked a treat.
tossed the lot up with cos lettuce n more grated parmesan. Not sure that much extra parmesan is required really as the dressing is incredibly pungent.

Chicory Cheese Tomato Bake

I bought some chicory, didn't know what t do with it. tried a couple o recipes from the internet.
One was a flop. The other is this one:
http://www.cookitsimply.com/recipe-0010-01698l9.html

ingredients

to serve 2

2 Heads of chicory
Salt and pepper
1/2 tsp Sugar
1 oz (25 g) Butter
1/2 tsp Lemon juice
2 Slices of Gruyere cheese
2 Tomatoes
Lettuce leaves

method

1. Place chicory in saucepan of boiling water. Add pinch of salt, sugar, a knob of butter and lemon juice. Cook for 30 minutes.

2. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) Gas 7.

3. Drain chicory. Wrap each head in slice of cheese. Place seam-side down in greased ovenproof dish and surround with halved tomatoes. Season well, dot with the rest of the butter and bake for 15 minutes. Garnish with lettuce leaves and serve hot. 

Here's my finished product:

Chicory Cheese Tomato Bake

Pretty good. All very subtle flavours. The pot smelt amazing from the boiling chicory, didn't really live up to my expectations tbh, but was good. Very watery. Chicory reminds me of brocolli stalk (which i like).