Decent bottled Ceaser salad dressing

Kens Steakhouse

the best IMO

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...hard to find ingredients (i.e. anchovie paste).

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You can make your own with minimal effort. Get a tin of anchovies and select about 6 whole filets, pull off any hard bits and remove the visible bones. Chop them up and then mash them with the side of the knife (like making a garlic paste...but without adding kosher salt). Chop and mash, chop and mash, and you'll end up with anchovy paste.

I've got a rockin Caesar dressing recipe - no raw yolk - that takes less than 5 minutes if you're interested.

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Another question - Bottled salad dressing lasts forever - what about homemade?

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If your recipe calls for an egg yolk - coddled or not - it won't keep. If no egg, it should be good for 3-4 days.

Caesar dressing is easy enough to make, and you can make it in the quantity you want so it keeping shouldn't be a factor, once you decide to make your own.

The key is the garlic. Because there's raw garlic in the dressing you absolutely must make sure you mince it fine and then mash it into a pate with kosher salt.

Thanks for the info Garmich, sounds like you make a lot of ceaser dressing. Since I am the only one in the family who likes ceaser salad I don't think I could eat it all in 3-4 days, so I am going to have to try Kens and if that does not do then I will try to get all of the ingredients and make it myself. Hate the thought of having to throw a large amount of it away.