{"id":540,"date":"2011-12-29T00:10:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T04:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2011-12-29T00:11:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T04:11:51","slug":"simple-but-amazing-vinaigrette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Simple But Amazing Vinaigrette"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_541\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ATK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"size-full wp-image-541\" title=\"ATK\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ATK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ATK.jpg 391w, http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ATK-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Apostles of America&#39;s Test Kitchen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once you try this vinaigrette recipe you may never spend another dollar on supermarket salad dressings. This is another recipe from America&#8217;s Test Kitchen, whose endless testing of seemingly infinite variations of recipes will usually produce a complete gem &#8211; this one is no different. The real beauty of this recipe is that the basic structure allows you to vary the outcome to make a wide variety of vinaigrettes to compliment any number of other flavors in the meal you are serving. Because you people are so special to me, I&#8217;m going to share the master recipe and the three suggested variations from ATK.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00c2\u00be cup extra virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons red or white wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons minced shallot or red onion<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (optional, but not really)<\/li>\n<li>1.5 teaspoons minced fresh tarragon, dill, basil, or oregano, or \u00c2\u00bd teaspoon dried<\/li>\n<li>1 garlic clove, minced<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bc teaspoon pepper\n<p><div id=\"attachment_542\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/atk_family_cookbookII_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-542\" title=\"atk_family_cookbook\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/atk_family_cookbookII_500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Word according to Jesus... I mean Christopher Kimball<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shake all of the ingredients together in a jar with a tight fitting lid. This will last up to one week in the fridge, but bring it back to room temp before you re-mix it. Now, the recipe says you can substitute dried herbs, and to be fair I have never tried this, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it would be nearly as good without the fresh herbs.\u00c2\u00a0 Substitute at your own peril.<\/p>\n<p>The last time I made this was on Christmas day when I had the pleasure of cooking for my brother Allen, his wonderful wife Heather, my mother, my aunt Pat and our family friend Annette. I went with white wine vinegar, 2 teaspoons of fresh tarragon, and 2 cloves of garlic and it was fantastic. Don&#8217;t shy away from the Dijon mustard either. I don&#8217;t like it on almost anything, but I love it in vinaigrettes. There is always a bottle of it in my fridge, and it never gets used unless I&#8217;m making one of these recipes. Now the 3 variations:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Balsamic Vinaigrette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Subsitute balsamic vinegar for the wine vinegar, and use oregano as the herb of choice. Reduce the amount of garlic to 1\/2 clove. Note: Because of my respect for the testing methods of ATK&#8217;s recipes, I included that bit about the garlic. Obviously, I disregard all steps which require actually reducing the amount of garlic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raspberry Vinaigrette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Substitute raspberry vinegar for the wine vinegar. Increase the amount of minced shallots to 1 tablespoon and the fresh tarragon to 2 teaspoons. Omit the Mustard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honey-Dijon Vinaigrette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Substitute vegetable oil for the extra virgin olive oil and cider vinegar for the wine vinegar. Increase the mustard to two tablspoons. Omit the shallot and herbs, add 2 tablespoons honey and one tablespoon poppy seeds.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you try this vinaigrette recipe you may never spend another dollar on supermarket salad dressings. This is another recipe from America&#8217;s Test Kitchen, whose endless testing of seemingly infinite variations of recipes will usually produce a complete gem &#8211; this one is no different. 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