Original salad dressings: Surprise your guests!
With the arrival of heat, salads take on a special role for lovers of light and fresh food. Normally, we dress them with salt, vinegar and olive oil, but the truth is that there are many options to do it: Vinaigrettes, yogurt sauces, fruit dressings… Thousands of combinations for both the classic lettuce salads, as well as those of tomato, avocado, legumes, rice or pasta.
And, in almost all options, a classic ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine: the olive oil. Remember to use an extra virgin so that the dressing is a success?
Here you can see the different options of Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil that we offer you from Beloleum. Let’s start!
Classic salad dressing
salt, vinegar and oil. This is the correct order for a successful dressing in your salad. The reason is that olive oil creates a layer that makes it difficult for food to absorb the other ingredients. But if you are looking Salad dressings a little different from the classics, here are some super ideas:
Mango dressing
Mango is a great ingredient for lovers of lettuce salads with a sweet touch. If you want to innovate, you can also use it as a dressing. Cut half a handle and, without skin, crush it with the blender. Add a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar and a tablespoon of olive oil. Beat again, add a little pepper and, ready!
Salad dressing with honey and mustard
There are many recipes for this mustard and honey dressing for salads. Due to its speed and ease, we are going to recommend an express dressing with a tablespoon of honey, one of industrial mayonnaise and two of olive oil. Put these ingredients in a bowl with pepper to taste and stir with a fork. You can also use the mustard sauce that we recommend for legumes.
Greek yogurt dressing for lettuce salad
Use a Greek yogurt, half a garlic clove, and the juice of a quarter of a lemon. Add a pinch of salt and another of pepper and mix. To make it even more tasty you can add a few pieces of cucumber or fresh chopped parsley.
Pasta salad seasonings
A splash of EVOO is usually the perfect dressing for pasta salads, which do not accept as well as vegetables as vinegar. But If you want to try a “different” dressing, this reinterpretation of the Green pesto It won’t leave you indifferent:
Fake broccoli pesto
Surprise with this trompe! To do this, use approximately a quarter of raw and well-drained broccoli, 50 grams of almonds without skin (you can change them for pine nuts), 2 tablespoons of EVOO and salt. Chop the broccoli and almonds and use the blender to mix them with the rest of the ingredients. As different as delicious!
Rice salad dressing
Green olives, corn, tomato, carrot, boiled egg, tuna or even cooked ham and cheese. These are the most used ingredients in classic rice salad, although its popularity has given rise to dozens of combinations with other flavors that are great in summer. Normally, it is dressed like a lettuce salad, with salt and, but there are other options…
Mustard Sauce
What if we dress our rice salad with a different touch? Again, olive oil will be the protagonist of this accompaniment. For a large salad, put about 5 tablespoons of EVOO in a small bottle and a tablespoon of Dijon mustard. Add salt, black pepper and shake until all the ingredients are mixed well.
Cocktail sauce
Also known as pink sauce, this dressing is perfect for a rice salad, especially for the version with pineapple, cooked ham, tomato and corn. Delicious! You can prepare the pink sauce with mayonnaise (homemade or pot) and a little ketchup. For lovers of spicy, a couple of drops of Tabasco can be added.
Legume salad dressing
Chickpeas, lentils or dried beans. It is the essential trio of legume salads that can be combined with dressings like these:
Salsa Vinaigrette
Sauce for chickpea salad, white beans or other legumes. To make it, you only need extra virgin olive oil and half the amount of wine vinegar, plus salt and pepper to taste. In a small pot, add the vinegar, salt and pepper. Shake it and reopen it to introduce the olive oil and stir again.
Tahini dressing
If you have prepared Tahini or have a bottle of this sesame concentrate to prepare your Beetroot hummus, we have good news! It has many more uses, such as lettuce and legume salad dressing. For every tablespoon of tahini you will need one of water and one of lemon juice. Mix well with a little pepper and salt.
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