Italy

Balsamic Dressing

Name: Balsamic Dressing
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italy cuisine
Ingredients: aged balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons; extra-virgin olive oil 6 tablespoons; Kosher salt to taste To taste; Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste To taste; Assorted salad greens As needed

Balsamic vinegar adds a tangy sweetness that complements the rich, fruity, buttery flavor of extra-virgin olive oil.

4 servings · Easy

Italian restaurants are as fussy about the balsamic as the Italians are, and the expensive kind is so sharp in acidity that it must be used sparingly. Emulsifying it with olive oil is what turns the vinegar into a dressing rather than a varnish, and how much oil goes in depends on how bitter that bottle tastes. It belongs on warm bread or on plain greens, never over something already dressed.

Ingredients

aged balsamic vinegar2 tablespoons
extra-virgin olive oil6 tablespoons
Kosher salt to tasteTo taste
Freshly-ground black pepper, to tasteTo taste
Assorted salad greensAs needed

Directions

1
Whisk together vinegar and seasonings.
2
Slowly whisk in oil.
3
Serve over assorted salad greens.

Source: Wikibooks Cookbook (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0; English normalized and Chinese translation added by WorldBite.