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Caesar Salad
This is good on its own for lunch or makes a wonderful full meal by serving it with a spiced barbecued chicken breast (hot or cold) on the side. If you are on holiday you may wish to cheat and use a bottled Caesar dressing but do make your own croutons as I am sure you will have plenty of left over bread and use freshly grated cheese as the bought equivalents are no where near as nice.
4 thick slices of white Bread (preferably real!), cubed
Light oil for frying
1 Iceberg or other crispy Lettuce
6 Anchovy fillets
Dressing
2 tbsp grated Parmesan
1 clove garlic crushed
1 tsp Mustard or Worcester Sauce (Molho Ingles)
2 egg yolks - raw or hardboiled
Juice of 1 Lemon
120ml olive oil
60g Parmesan in flakes
Fry the cubes of bread in the oil until crisp then drain.
Tear lettuce into largish pieces and place in bowl. Chop anchovies and scatter in salad along with cooled croutons.
Blend all dressing ingredients until creamy.
To serve, pour dressing over salad, toss well and scatter with parmesan flakes.