Caesar Salad

Name: Caesar Salad
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 heads Romaine lettuce; ½ cup Caesar dressing; ½ cup Parmesan cheese; 1 cup Croutons; ½ each Lemon; to taste Black pepper

Crisp romaine tossed with Caesar dressing, parmesan, croutons, a squeeze of lemon and plenty of black pepper. No cooking, fifteen minutes, and it goes with almost every Italian main in the library. The one step that matters is drying the leaves well. Caesar dressing usually contains anchovy, so check the label if anyone at the table doesn't eat fish.

15 minServes 4 as writtenNo-CookAmericanContains Milk, Eggs, Wheat, Fish

Caesar Salad, as the finished dish — The photo is an illustration of the finished dish, not a photograph of this recipe as written.

Ingredients — serves 4

Romaine lettuce2 heads
Caesar dressing½ cup
Parmesan cheese½ cup
Croutons1 cup
Lemon½ each
Black pepperto taste

How much to make for 2, 4, 6 or 8

Ingredient	For 2	For 4	For 6	For 8
Romaine lettuce	1 head	2 heads	3 heads	4 heads
Caesar dressing	¼ cup	½ cup	¾ cup	1 cup
Parmesan cheese	¼ cup	½ cup	¾ cup	1 cup
Croutons	½ cup	1 cup	1½ cups	2 cups
Lemon	¼ each	½ each	¾ each	1 each
Black pepper	to taste	to taste	to taste	to taste
The pan	—	—	Written for 4 adult-size portions; you are cooking for about 6 — roughly 1.5× the recipe. More than the recipe assumes — use a bigger bowl, or two.	Written for 4 adult-size portions; you are cooking for about 8 — roughly 2× the recipe. More than the recipe assumes — use a bigger bowl, or two.

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Steps

Wash the romaine lettuce and dry it thoroughly with a towel or a salad spinner. This is most of the job — dressing slides straight off wet leaves and pools at the bottom.
Chop the leaves into bite-size pieces and keep them in the fridge until you are ready to serve. Cold, crisp leaves are the difference between this and a limp bowl.
Toss the leaves with about two-thirds of the Caesar dressing, then add more only if the salad needs it. Over-dressed Caesar goes soggy within minutes.
Add the parmesan cheese, the croutons, a squeeze of lemon and plenty of black pepper. Toss once more and serve right away.

Good to know

Contains Milk, Eggs, Wheat, Fish — from the ingredient names, so not a complete list. It cannot see inside a jar, a mix or a sauce, and formulas change. For an allergy or intolerance, read the package every time — never decide from this line.