Gordon's Big Caesar Salad.
You can cook Gordon's Big Caesar Salad using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Gordon's Big Caesar Salad
- Prepare 200 grams of day-old white rustic-style bread or sourdough.
- You need of Olive oil.
- It's 50 grams of Parmesan cheese.
- It's 2 of romaine lettuce or 4 baby gem lettuce, washed, dried, halved and sliced.
- Prepare 2 of skinless, boneless chicken breasts, butterflied.
- Prepare of Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Prepare of For the dressing:.
- It's 2 of free-range egg yolks.
- You need 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard.
- You need 1 tablespoon of red wine or sherry vinegar.
- It's of Olive oil.
- Prepare 50 grams of tin best-quality anchovies in olive oil.
- You need 75 grams of Parmesan cheese, grated.
- It's of Juice of 1 lemon, or to taste.
Gordon's Big Caesar Salad instructions
- 1. Chop the bread into 2cm chunks. Lightly drizzle with olive oil and season with a pinch of salt and pepper, then toss to combine. --- 2. Place a large frying pan over a medium heat, add a dash of oil and fry the bread until golden and crisp. Grate three-quarters of the Parmesan over the croutons, toss together over the heat, then transfer to a plate..
- 3. To make the dressing, put the egg yolks, mustard and vinegar into a bowl and whisk together. Slowly pour in the olive oil, whisking as you do so, until the mixture emulsifies. Finely chop the anchovies and mix with the garlic to form a rough paste. Add to the dressing and mix well. Stir in the Parmesan, lemon juice to taste, and a little splash of water..
- 4. Put the lettuce into a serving bowl, add a squeeze of lemon juice and half the dressing. Sprinkle over half the croutons and mix. Top with the rest of the croutons and finish with the remaining Parmesan..
- 5. Place a griddle pan over a medium-high heat. Season the chicken breasts on both sides, drizzle with a little oil and cook on the hot griddle for 3–4 minutes on either side, until nicely striped and cooked through. Transfer to a plate, sprinkle over some of the remaining dressing and leave to rest for 5 minutes..
- 6. Slice the chicken into diagonal strips and serve warm, either mixed through or alongside the salad with a little extra dressing spooned over..