Make Ranch Dressing, and others. [Published]
culinaryoverlord
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Our new contributor Psychotogen, the angry Sous Chef, loves ranch dressing so much, I figured I would post a method.:p I do all our salad dressings and dips from scratch at work, and the real product is usually much better than store bought, except for Asian Sesame, just can't figure that one out for some reason. I know I am in a kitchen full of talentless shmucks if they are buying things like cocktail sauce, and chipotle mayo, both of which can be made in under a minute, by a monkey, a handicapped monkey.
Lets start with Ranch dressing.
You will need;
1 cup mayo, not Miracle Whip, it's too sweet.
1/2 cup sour cream.
2/3 cup buttermilk.
dash of salt, might not need this depending on how salty the mayo you use is.
black pepper, fresh ground, to taste
1 teaspoon minced parsley.
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice.
optional; 1/8 tsp fine minced shallot, 1/8 tsp fine minced red pepper.
Mix it, taste it, tweak it, serve it to inbreds, use as suntan lotion, or to soothe ass chafe, it is very multi purpose.
Feel free to post salad dressing and dip recipe's here, I will bump the thread with a new addition now and then. If anyone has a good Asian Sesame dressing recipe, I would really appreciate it.
C/O
"asian sesame, I'm stumped, nothing I make tastes right, I attribute it to a lack of polysyllabic food additives"
Lets start with Ranch dressing.
You will need;
1 cup mayo, not Miracle Whip, it's too sweet.
1/2 cup sour cream.
2/3 cup buttermilk.
dash of salt, might not need this depending on how salty the mayo you use is.
black pepper, fresh ground, to taste
1 teaspoon minced parsley.
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice.
optional; 1/8 tsp fine minced shallot, 1/8 tsp fine minced red pepper.
Mix it, taste it, tweak it, serve it to inbreds, use as suntan lotion, or to soothe ass chafe, it is very multi purpose.
Feel free to post salad dressing and dip recipe's here, I will bump the thread with a new addition now and then. If anyone has a good Asian Sesame dressing recipe, I would really appreciate it.
C/O
"asian sesame, I'm stumped, nothing I make tastes right, I attribute it to a lack of polysyllabic food additives"
Comments
Mayo, no problem, it degrades quickly on contact with air without the chemical stabilizers though. Sour cream I would assume uses the same method as yogurt, so it could be done, and I might try it. Where I would get the raw ingredient for buttermilk though is beyond me. I did just find out that all you need to do to make ricotta cheese is mix equal parts 2% milk and buttermilk, let them sit for an hour, bring to a boil and strain through cheesecloth (cheesecloth, it's for making cheese apparently), and I am going to try this soon.
I'll be damned.
I never thought about making my own ranch dressing. Thanks for posting this. Something else for me to fuck up in the kitchen.
I made a sesame vinagrette last week heres how:
It's more of a guide then a recipe.
Champagne Vinager
Toasted sesame seeds
ginger
soy sauce
white pepper
emulsify w/ sesame oil
I'll give it a go, I have been basing most of my attempts around a hoi sin, soy, ginger, rice vinegar, sesame oil base. This seems nice and simple, and maybe I have been trying too hard, thanks mang!
3 parts red wine vinegar
2 parts vegetable oil
Get a ladle to measure and in the first ladle of vinegar dissolve salt in it until it turns from transparent red to a clouded pink.
Add garlic salt, and other herbs to taste
In mine I use fresh rosemary, thyme, minced garlic, dijon mustard, honey and a dash of lemon juice. Blenders work wonderfully for emulsifying vinaigrettes.