Living and Eating

Now, you know your girl Christine loves herself some London cookbooks! I stop at Troubadour used book store in Hatfield to get my fix of these wonderful finds. At the last Troubadour book sale, I picked up a copy of Living and Eating by John Pawson and Annie Bell. They have a fabulous recipe for caesar salad. I made the salad about six times over the last two months at Blue's request and persuasion.

Here is the recipe:

Caesar Salad

2 medium eggs
1/2 garlic clove, peeled and chopped (but we can always use a little more garlic :) )
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt, black pepper
2 oz. parmesan cheese, (preferably freshly) grated, 2/3 cup.

Bring a small pan of water to boil and cook the eggs for 1 minute, then remove and cool them under cold running water. Immediately shell the eggs into a blender, scooping out the cooked white that lines the inside of the shells. Add the remaining ingredients, except the Parmesan and whiz to a pale and creamy emulsion.

To serve the salad, pour the Caesar salad dressing over chopped romaine and lightly mix in the Parmesan. This should be mixed right before sitting down at the table. We like the addition of anchovies, and you can always add a few croutons.

Yummy!