Autumn Caesar Salad

I hosted some moms from school last week for dinner and a book swap. Everyone is so busy, but many of us love reading, so I said bring a book you want to swap, a bottle of wine and I’ll make dinner. This salad was on the menu, along with a pasta with vodka sauce and sausage and the archived brothy beans with roasted fennel. I needed a few things to prep in advance and then did the pasta in real time.

I made the Caesar dressing in a food processor or mini blender and it’s fool proof. You could do also make it in a bowl, by putting the egg yolk in and drizzling in the oil very slowly for it to make an emulsion. In this case, you would need your anchovies and garlic super finely minced.