Tuesday 8 January 2008

New England Style Cranberry and Garlic Salad Dressing

Low calorie salad dressing from Janzi
Ingredients
I large tsp of Cranberry jelly or sauce.
1 small tsp of pureed Garlic (tube kind)
1 tsp of Olive Oil
1 tsp of Onion powder (optional) (Schwarz spices or Tesco do it)
Method
Whisk these up together, then add:
Ingredients
a quantity of cranberry juice ) a few teaspoons would do.
a quantity of red wine vinegar ) this depends on how big the bowl of salad is.
Method
Give it all a final whisk and let it stand for a while to infuse before you pour over the salad : or you can serve it separately in a small jug if there are some having the meal who don't like dressing.
I find this is a good alternative to using salad cream. I know some people can just use lemon juice or olive oil but I like the cranberry jelly and juice, it gives it a fruity taste and the garlic gives it savoury. It's kind of like a sweet and sour dressing! You can change any of the measures to suit your own taste.
When I was in Canada last May we were invited to a BBQ and the hostess had done a similar dressing to above but used a tin of mandarin oranges and the juice as a base for the dressing - it was yummy.

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