Red Wine Dressing

Name: Red Wine Dressing
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 150 ml extra-virgin olive oil; 60 ml water; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped; 60 ml red wine vinegar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Le Caprice

By AA Gill and Mark Hix

Published 1999

About

Try to buy Cabernet Sauvignon vinegar; this is a rather special Spanish red wine vinegar, the best I have yet come across.

Alternatively use a good quality red wine vinegar. This dressing is ideal with robust salad leaves or with grilled meats and fish.

Ingredients

2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
60 ml red wine vinegar
60 ml

Europe
Spain
Starter
Mediterranean
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Simmer the shallots, red wine vinegar and water together until reduced by half.

Whisk in the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.