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French · Sauce / condiment

Sauce Vinaigrette

The everyday French dressing: good wine vinegar dissolved with salt and a little dry mustard, then beaten with roughly five times its volume of olive oil and seasoned with pepper, shallot or herbs.

  • YieldServes 6 · about 125 ml, enough to dress a green salad for 6
  • Hands-on5 min
  • Total5 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 22 mlgood wine vinegar (or part lemon juice)
  • 0.13 tspsalt, plus more to taste
  • ¼ tspdry mustard powder
  • 105 mlbest-quality olive oil or salad oil
  • 1 pinchfreshly ground black pepper
  • ½ tbspshallot or spring onion, mincedoptional
  • ¼ tspdried tarragon or basiloptional

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Vegan
  • Keto
  • Paleo
  • Mediterranean
  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Mustard
  • Sulfites
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Onion family (any)
  • Shallot
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Tarragon
  • Black and white pepper

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • Under 20 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: low

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