Octo Vinaigrette

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    225 ml

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By David Chang and Peter Meehan

Published 2009

  • About

From Kevin Pemoulie, creator of this vinaigrette, one of the world’s finest condiments and food-improvers—a sauce so good it makes anything taste better:

So, the “octo vin” is how she’s formally known. I think of it as an interesting flip-flop of a traditional vinaigrette in that the ratio of vinegar to oil is reversed. It’s designed to hold up to the char of the octopus and to dress the seaweed, which, unlike lettuces, requires a very forceful, pungent sauce. I wish my prom date ha