Salad Dressings

It is well worth making your own salad dressings, especially since it is now so easy to make such exciting salads. Many lettuces that were once only available abroad are now sold here, adding to the appeal of salads.

Classic vinaigrette contains mostly oil, so choose the oil you use carefully. Many interesting types of high-quality oils are available, so the combination of flavours is almost endless, but the choice usually depends on the salad to be dressed. Olive oil, for example, is a natural partner for a tomato and Mozzarella cheese salad, and a nut-flavoured oil goes well with salads containing nuts, mushrooms or bitter leaves, while a plain sunflower oil is many people’s choice for a simple tossed green salad.