Salad Vinaigrette

Submitted by Andi Longmeadow Farm

"Adapted from The Barefoot Contessa."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon honey, clover
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
• 3 tablespoons champagne vinegar
• kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• 1 (10 ounce) bag salad greens
• 1 (10 ounce) bag spinach, baby

directions

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, honey, garlic, vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. While whisking, slowly add the olive oil until the vinaigrette is emulsified.
2. Place the salad greens in a medium bowl and add enough dressing to moisten. Sprinkle with a little extra salt and pepper, if desired, and serve immediately.

Reviews

[evewitch]

I am not going to assign a rating, because so much of my opinion of this could have been my fault. The flavors seemed off and I didn't really like it, but my ingredients were subpar. I used red wine vinegar instead of champagne vinegar, French's dijon mustard (which I hate!) instead of the Grey Poupon that I usually have, some really old honey (that has tasted strange in other recipes), and pepper that was probably stale. Even my oil might have been rancid/stale! So you can probably see the problem. LOL. One day I will learn. I will be setting this recipe aside until I am able to fix my ingredient problems and I will try it again. My son did say he thought it was too salty, but I am sure I will use the original amount of salt when I try this again. I halved the recipe and drowned two salads with it (the halved recipe would have been perfect for 3 salads).

 

[Just_Ducky!!]

I couldn't find champagne vinegar anywhere so substituted a high quality white wine vinegar. I doubled the recipe in expectation of saving leftovers for salads all week but I think the Dijon mustard I just bought was very very strong and overpowered the vinaigrette. It was still nice and I love Dijon but with this brand I will have to cut back or double everything else except the mustard. Thanks Andi for a lovely recipe! Made and enjoyed for team Mischief Makers - ZWT #7 :D

 

[KimmieCat1]

This is a delicious vinaigrette. I added to a garden salad with chicken and it was tasty. I think this would make a great base vinaigrette as well, if you have shallots or herbs to use up, try it in this. Made for ZWT7. Thanks Andi for a great recipe.

 

[ElleFirebrand]

This was VERY tasty! We used it on our "everyday salad," which includes leaf lettuce, pecans, feta, red onion, cucumber, grape tomatoes, strawberries. This time we also added some raspberries and arugula. The bite from the garlic and the mustard paired especially well with the sweet notes of the salad. Delicious! Made for ZWT 7.

 

[magpie diner]

Can't go wrong with this! I generally make my dressing this way, except without the honey. That little bit of sweetness was a nice change, and I thought all of the amounts were bang-on. Thanks Andi! Made during ZWT7....and bound to be made again and again!